MOVIE REVIEW
My Winnipeg (2008)
Jody Shapiro/IFC Films
The official story is that “My Winnipeg”
is Guy Maddin’s first documentary, commissioned by the Documentary Channel as a
portrait of the director’s hometown and a memoir of his childhood roots.
Straight-faced press releases describe Mr. Maddin’s qualms that the exacting
demands of discipline and patience in the documentary form had put him off
tackling one until now. Not for the first time, Mr. Maddin is having you on.