My Winnipeg (2007)
- Directed by
- Guy Maddin
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 112 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A surreal mockumentary about the city of Winnipeg as seen through the filmmaker's own memories and fantasies. It blends personal history with local folklore and staged scenes that blur the line between reality and imagination.
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What happens
My Winnipeg is a 2007 Canadian film directed and written by Guy Maddin with dialogue by George Toles. Described by Maddin as a "docu-fantasia", that melds "personal history, civic tragedy, and mystical hypothesizing", the film is a surrealist mockumentary about Winnipeg, Maddin's home town. A New York Times article described the film's unconventional take on the documentary style by noting that it "skates along an icy edge between dreams and lucidity, fact and fiction, cinema and psychotherapy". My Winnipeg began when Maddin was commissioned by the Documentary Channel, and originally titled Love Me, Love My Winnipeg. Maddin's producer told him "Don't give me the frozen hellhole everyone knows that Winnipeg is" so Maddin cast Darcy Fehr in the role of "Guy Maddin" and structured the documentary around a metafictional plot that mythologizes the city and Maddin's autobiography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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