a review of 我的温尼伯

Great little movie! I think this might be the year that I actually try tackling Guy Maddin's filmography. I've had it in the back of my head to see this film as well as Gimli Hospital and Dracula: Pages From A Virgin's Diary for a few years now, but never quite got around to them because they never turned up on Netflix or wherever. Maddin's attempt at mythologizing Winnipeg and his own childhood reminded me a lot of my own Midwestern U.S. upbringing, as well as the ways in which you can live through hometown experiences that are either near-universal or entirely particular to you, but you might have trouble telling which are which until you start comparing notes with classmates and coworkers later in life. Everybody's hometown is a collection of quirks, some endearing and some terrifying, and everybody has a unique story to tell about living inside or around them.