Arquivo

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 child trauma. All narrated by Maddin’s usual entertaining and inspired energy. Commissioned by Michel 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 individual Guy Maddin’s style.