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Directed by Guy Maddin

How to Take a Bath

3m 21s

Directed by Guy Maddin • 2009 • Canada
Starring Louis Negin

Legendary poet John Ashbery scripted this absurdist step-by-step guide to bathing, excerpted from Guy Maddin’s feature THE FORBIDDEN ROOM and restored to its original form as a stand-alone film.

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