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My Winnipeg [2007] [DVD]

Darcey Fehr , Ann Savage    Suitable for 12 years and over   DVD
3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: Darcey Fehr, Ann Savage
  • Format: Dolby, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Soda Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Oct 2008
  • Run Time: 80 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001D12ZJO
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 30,417 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Product Description

My Winnipeg winds its way through the birthplace of personal mythologies, attempting to understand the nature of memory. Equal parts mystical rumination and personal history, city chronicle and deranged post-Freudian proletarian fantasy, My Winnipeg blends local myth with childhood trauma, all narrated with director Maddin's usual entertaining and inspired energy. Commissioned by Michael Burns whose command was 'enchant me with your treatment' this was Maddin's cue to set about exploring the spell of his home town. By mixing animation, archive and re-enactments he has created an extraordinary visual homage in true indivivdual Guy Maddin style. The film won the Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto Film Festival. Special features include an interview with the director, Guy Maddin, at the BFI Southbank.


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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging, eccentric tribute to hometown 22 Aug 2009
Format:DVD
This engaging, very personal tribute from weird Canadian director Guy Maddin to his hometown of Winnipeg is very well done. Shot in black and white with his familiar style that reminds one of both silent cinema and the films of David Lynch, the plot has an alter ego of the director hire his elderly, domineering mother (actually b-movie starlet from the 1940s Ann Savage) and actors playing his siblings in order to relive his teenage years in the sixties, and sort of understand what makes him tick. The movie includes a lot of lore about Winnipeg that may be true in some cases and is almost certainly not true in other cases (the story about the frozen horses' heads in the river, for example, is hard for me to believe). This deadpan, funny tribute is most of all a nostalgic paean to his childhood, and a denunciation of modern capitalism mindless drive to change all things (Maddin recounts in a heartfelt way how they demolished a popular department store as well as his beloved ice hockey arena, for example). And because nostalgia of our childhood is something that most people can relate to, this makes this movie more accessible than other films of him. The film explains also the reason he never leave Winnipeg (in order to defend it, and not let others completely ruin it) as well as a lot of the obsessions in his other movies (for instance, his fascination with communist aesthetics seems rooted in the strong labor movement in his hometown).
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3.0 out of 5 stars My Winnipeg 4 Jun 2011
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I didn't particularly enjoy this film although it was well thought of by the critics, finding it through the various rapid flashbacks a little disjointed and lacking in an aim or thrust. I have lived in Winnipeg in the 70's and recognised many of the streets and institutions, but unfortunately didn't get much of the affectionate atmosphere that the Winnipeg-born director of the film obviously felt for his native city.May be it was because my stay there wasn't filled with joy there, but on the other hand I always found the 'Winnipeg-ians' were friendly, helpful and open to incomers.
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5.0 out of 5 stars well worth watching 11 Dec 2009
Format:DVD
I wont go into the description of the film here as somebody else has already perfectly described it. I would just recommend anyone to watch this film as i really enjoyed it -the whole concept is really well thought out. I dont ususally watch many films twice but i would this one. Also check out the animation shorts in the extras section as they are really good.
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