| My Winnipeg | |
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| Directed by | Guy Maddin |
| Written by | Guy Maddin George Toles (dialogue) |
| Produced by | Michael Burns Phyllis Laing Guy Maddin Jody Shapiro |
| Starring | Darcy Fehr Ann Savage Louis Negin Amy Stewart Brendan Cade Wesley Cade |
| Narrated by | Guy Maddin |
| Cinematography | Jody Shapiro |
| Edited by | John Gurdebeke |
| Music by | Jason Staczek |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | IFC Films |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000[1] |
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",[2] that melds "personal history, civic tragedy, and mystical hypothesizing",[3] 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".[4]
My Winnipeg began when Maddin was commissioned by the Documentary Channel, and originally titled Love Me, Love My Winnipeg.[5] Maddin's producer directed "Don't give me the frozen hellhole everyone knows that Winnipeg is",[1] 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.
- ^ a b Beard, William. Into the Past: The Cinema of Guy Maddin. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2010. Print. ISBN 978-1442610668
- ^ "Guy Maddin on Directing a 'Docu-fantasia' About His Hometown". Vulture. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ Maddin, Guy. My Winnipeg. Toronto: Coach House Books, 2009. Print.
- ^ Anderson, John (8 June 2008). "Old Stomping Grounds, Hallucinated". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ Fletcher, Alicia. "My Winnipeg". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.