“The Green Fog” may be described as little more than a clip show homage to both Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” and the cinematic history of San Francisco, but its charming, playful attitude and occasional dips into pathos provide an unexpected buoyancy. Originally commissioned by the San Francisco Film Society, which simply wanted a celebratory collage highlighting San Francisco on the screen throughout the years, the film took a different shape under the guidance of Guy Maddin and his collaborators, Evan and Galen Johnson.

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