My Winnipeg
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| Directed by | Guy Maddin |
| Produced by | Phyllis Laing Jody Shapiro |
| Written by | Guy Maddin |
| Starring | Darcy Fehr Ann Savage Amy Stewart Brendan Cade Wesley Cade Louis Negin |
| Cinematography | Jody Shapiro |
| Editing by | John Gurdebeke |
| Distributed by | IFC Films |
| Release date(s) | USA June 13, 2008 |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Country | Canada |
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My Winnipeg is a 2007 feature film from director Guy Maddin. Starring Ann Savage, the film is a surrealist-inflected pseudo-documentary about Winnipeg, Maddin's home town. Blending legend, history, and a biting critique of the city's treatment of its architectural past with fantasy and more personal matters, the film explores issues of local attachment, culminating in an explanation of why Maddin continues to live in the city of his birth.
[edit] Critical reception
The film received highly positive reviews from critics. As of June 13, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 93% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 27 reviews — with the consensus that the film "is a charmingly irreverent 'docu-fantasy' from the unpredictable mind of Guy Maddin."[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 85 out of 100, based on 9 reviews — indicating "universal acclaim."[2]
[edit] References
- ^ My Winnipeg Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2008-06-13.
- ^ My Winnipeg (2008): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2008-06-13.
[edit] External Links
- My Winnipeg at the Internet Movie Database
- My Winnipeg at Rotten Tomatoes
- My Winnipeg at Metacritic
- My Winnipeg at Box Office Mojo
- My Winnipeg at Allmovie
- Review by the New York Sun
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