My Winnipeg book review

Winnipeg Free Press raves about My Winnipeg

By Lawrie Cherniack
Winnipeg Free Press
May 24 2009

The bad news about this book is that Guy Maddin doesn't tell us what's true and what's false about his amazing film My Winnipeg.

The good news about this book is that Guy Maddin doesn't tell us what's true and what's false about his amazing film My Winnipeg.

Those of us who know Winnipeg well still can't be too sure about some of the assertions that Maddin made in his wild, murky, dreamy, hilarious, brilliant film.

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My Winnipeg enchants the Globe and Mail

By Gail Singer
Globe and Mail
May 16 2009

Prior to the introduction more than a decade ago of annotated DVDs (notes and interviews with director, descriptions of scenes), the concept of a book consisting of an annotated script, notes and interview with director, especially of a documentary, for general public perusal, would have been laughed out of the building by publishers.

With the possible exception of rare major works of unquestionable popularity, such documentation was created only for film students and archives.

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