Literary Nonfiction. Film Studies. A film companion by Guy Maddin. This is theWinnipeg of Guy Maddin the worlds foremost cineaste planant and it is notthe Winni... » 

Literary Nonfiction. Film Studies. A film companion by Guy Maddin. This is theWinnipeg of Guy Maddin the worlds foremost cineaste planant and it is notthe Winnipeg of tourist brochures. When the iconoclastic auteur of The SaddestMusic in the World decided to tackle the subject of his hometown it could onlyhave become a Odocufantasia a melange of personal history civic tragedy andmystical hypothesizing. At the heart of the film MY WINNIPEG is Maddinsvoiceover told in his infamous purplish prose. With the book venture deeperinto the mind of Maddin with marginal digressions stills outtakes childhoodphotos animations diary entries collages archival images and nascenttreatments. There is a handdrawn map of Maddins personal landmarks. «