My Winnipeg / IFC Films ; the Documentary Channel presents ; produced by Jody Shapiro, Phyllis Laing ; conceived and directed by Guy Maddin ; written and narrated by Guy Maddin ; produced with the participation of The Canadian Television Fund and Manitoba Film and Sound ; executive producer, Michael Burns ; dialogue by George Toles ; produced by Everyday Pictures / Buffalo Gal Pictures ; a Documentary Channel original production ; Paddlewheel Productions Inc. and February Pictures Inc.
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FilmPublisher number: CC2438D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 741.Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015]Distributor: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition; DVD editionDescription: 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insertContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 1604659467
- 9781604659467
- Director of photography, Jody Shapiro ; editor, John Gurdebeke ; production designer, Rejean Labrie ; costume designer Meg McMillan ; art director, Katharina Stieffenhofer ; animation, Andy Smetanka.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Visionary Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin pays tribute to his beloved hometown with this goodbye letter and self-described "docu-fantasia" that is equal parts transcendental rumination, historical chronicle, and personal portrait. In the first segment, Maddin's camera drifts dreamlike through crowded trains as a floating kielbasa hangs from the ceiling and the director/narrator ponders just why the city boasts the most sleepwalkers per capita of any major international city. Later, the viewer is treated to images of numerous historical monuments in the city as they learn about such key historical events as the Winnipeg General Strike, the defeat of the Winnipeg Jets, and even the Golden Boy pageant scandal and a racetrack tragedy that found numerous horses sent to an icy death. As the third and final segment gets underway, the director draws inspiration from filmmaker William Castle to present pivotal -- and often traumatic -- events from his childhood that left an indelible mark while simultaneously serving to mold his unique vision of his beloved Winnipeg. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 2007.
Special features: Cine-essays (created by filmmaker Evan Johnson and director Guy Maddin): About, Puberty, Colours, Elms, Cold; Guy Maddin and Robert Enright (in conversation about the film); "My Winnipeg" live in Toronto (featurette documents a 2008 screening of My Winnipeg at the Royal Cinema in Toronto, for which director Guy Maddin provided live narration); Spanky: to the pier and back (2008) (four-minute film, director Guy Maddin pays homage to a pug named Spanky); Sinclair (2010) (four-minute short by Maddin is excerpted from a film he created in 2010 for the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival's Bell Lightbox building); Only dream things (2012) (twenty-minute short as part of an installation at the Winnipeg Art Gallery for its centennial in 2012); The hall runner (2014) (four-minute improv sketch); Louis Riel for dinner (2014) (three-minute animated short); Trailer. Insert features an essay by critic Wayne Koestenbaum.
Director of photography, Jody Shapiro ; editor, John Gurdebeke ; production designer, Rejean Labrie ; costume designer Meg McMillan ; art director, Katharina Stieffenhofer ; animation, Andy Smetanka.
Ann Savage, Louis Negin, Amy Stewart, Darcy Fehr, Brendan Cade, Wesley Cade, Lou Profeta, Fred Dunsmore.
"The geographical dead center of North America and the beloved birthplace of Guy Maddin, Winnipeg is the frosty and mysterious star of Maddin's "docu-fantasia." A work of memory and imagination, Maddin's film burrows into what the filmmaker calls "the heart of the heart" of the continent, conjuring a city as delightful as it is fearsome, populated by sleepwalkers and hockey aficionados. Take part in Winnipeg's annual epic scavenger hunt! Pay your respects to the racehorses forever frozen in the river! Help judge the yearly homoerotic Golden Boy pageant! What is real and what is fantasy is left up to the viewer to sort out in Maddin's hypnotic, expertly conceived paean to that wonderful and terrifying place known as My Hometown."--Container.
DVD, NTSC, region 1; aspect ratio 1.33:1; Dolby digital 2.0.
English dialogue; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.