My Winnipeg (2007)

Dreamlike, fantastic and often extremely funny, Guy Maddin’s essay-film is a delight.
Maddin’s ruminative essay-film is a surreal remembrance both personal (with reenactments of his hyperbolically bizarre childhood) and public (with a commentary on the mostly snowbound history of Winnipeg, not least aspects of its architectural progress). The purple, liturgical narration intoned by the director is a linguistic delight, perfectly complementing cinematographer Jody Shapiro’s vibrantly febrile images.
2007 Canada, USA
Directed by
Guy Maddin
Produced by
Jody Shapiro, Phyllis Laing
Written by
Guy Maddin
Featuring
Robert Enright, Guy Maddin, Ann Savage
Running time
80 minutes