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My Winnipeg (2007)

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User Rating: 8.1/10 (401 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Guy Maddin
Writers:
Guy Maddin (writer)
George Toles (writer)
Release Date:
4 July 2008 (UK) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A personal portrait of filmmaker Guy Maddin's hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Video: Guy Maddin on "My Winnipeg" (From IFC. 18 June 2008, 8:02 AM, PDT)
My Winnipeg (From The AV Club. 12 June 2008, 2:03 PM, PDT)
User Comments:
Odd and uneven look at an artist and the town he grew up in more

Cast

 (Credited cast)

Darcy Fehr ... Guy Maddin
Ann Savage ... Mother
Amy Stewart ... Janet Maddin
Louis Negin ... Mayor Cornish
Brendan Cade ... Cameron Maddin
Wesley Cade ... Ross Maddin
Lou Profeta ... Himself
Fred Dunsmore ... Himself

Kate Yacula ... Citizen Girl
Jacelyn Lobay ... Gwenyth Lloyd
Eric Nipp ... Viscount Gort
Jennifer Palichuk ... Althea Cornish
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Kalyn Bomback ... Sleepwalker
Deborah Carlson
Cory Cassidy ... Russian Bolshevik
Scott Hamel
Wayne Hamel

Joyce Krenz ... Auntie

Will Woytowich ... Con Johanesson
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Canada:80 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:14A (Manitoba/Ontario)
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Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:
A Fistful of Toledo (Ohio) more

FAQ

Were the frozen horses real? Did that really happen?
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1 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Odd and uneven look at an artist and the town he grew up in, 23 June 2008
6/10
Author: dbborroughs from Glen Cove, New York

I don't "get" Guy Maddin's films. Actually that should read I don't like them. They are for the most part neo-silent films pretentiously melded with an artistic bent with a sense that Dwain Esper suddenly was crossed with Andy Warhol (thats not quite right but it'll serve as a place holder). They tend to be too knowing as well.

It was with some trepidation that I plopped down to watch his My Winnipeg on IFC in Theaters on Cable.

Essentially an autobiography of Maddin crossed with a history of the city where he lives this is film that has some of the most wonderful moments I've seen all year. Its not a perfect film, there is too much talk of trains and sleep and roads out at the start that I was ready to bail early on.The endless shots of the snow covered streets will make you want to move to Florida. There are other touches that may make you scream or want to hit the fast forward, and yet there are other times when the film spins such wonderful tales (the séance in the municipal building) that the film redeems its dull spots. Its also hauntingly filmed at times with a nice other worldly effect.

I don't know what else to say. Its worth a shot on cable or DVD where you can control the flow of the dull bits. Probably the most accessible of all of Maddin's films.

6.5 out of 10

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