My Winnipeg
2008
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Guy Maddin CM OM (born February 28, 1956) [1] is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated filmmakers.
Guy Maddin. Director: The Heart of the World. Guy Maddin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Herdis Maddin (a hair-dresser) and Charles "Chas" Maddin (grain clerk and general manager of the Maroons, a Winnipeg hockey team).
Nov 21, 2008 · Guy Maddin’s Top 10. 10. Canadian filmmaker and writer Guy Maddin’s Brand upon the Brain!, featuring Isabella Rossellini as the narrator, was released on DVD from the Criterion Collection in 2008.
Guy Maddin. Director: The Heart of the World. Guy Maddin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Herdis Maddin (a hair-dresser) and Charles "Chas" Maddin (grain clerk and general manager of the Maroons, a Winnipeg hockey team).
May 17, 2024 · Cult director Guy Maddin has finally made it to the Cannes Film Festival with his movie 'Rumours,' starring Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander.
Oct 2, 2022 · Set in a late-19th century hospital during an epidemic in the Manitoba town of Gimli – longtime home to Icelandic immigrants - Guy Maddin’s first feature, Tales from the Gimli Hospital, depicts the rivalry of two men: Einar the Lonely (Kyle McCulloch) and the recently widowed Gunnar (Michael Gottli), who vie for the attention of their nurses.
Jan 25, 2023 · Maddin, 66, Canadian art auteur par excellence, invokes the campfire when explaining his love for silent movies, the primitive style he calls “one giant step closer to fairytales.” He cites the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and even more ancient texts like the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament .
