When Canada's adventurous Documentary Channel asked Guy Maddin, Winnipeg's favorite filmmaking son, to make a movie about his hometown, they must have known what they were in for. With a filmography filled with phantasmagorias like TALES OF THE GIMLI HOSPITAL, CAREFUL, COWARDS BEND THE KNEE and BRAND UPON THE BRAIN!, Maddin has become known -- and loved -- for his odd, technically anachronistic and deeply Freudian fever dreams of Mother, Manitoba, forbidden desires and ice hockey. So it should come as no surprise that what Maddin eventually produced is a film about
his Winnipeg, a psychological terrain that's no more -- nor less -- "real" than William Carlos W...
Released:
2008
Rated:
NR
Length:
80 mins