August 6, 2008

Interview. Guy Maddin.

My Winnipeg "Finally, a [Guy] Maddin film that fully incorporates the homely comic-pathos of his essays and movie reviews," writes Max Goldberg in the San Francisco Bay Guardian. "In My Winnipeg, the Canuck filmmaker's punch-drunk dissolves and superimpositions aren't just cinematographic cake-frosting; they're visual portents and analogues of his seasick crawl through the past."

With Brand Upon the Brain! out on DVD on August 12 (from Criterion, no less) and My Winnipeg still winding its way through US theaters, Brian Darr talks with Maddin about his hometown, aural landscapes, his library of 16mm prints, George Kuchar and that marvelous "dupey look."

Meantime, Canadians Josef Braun and Paul Matwychuk have talked with Maddin recently, too.



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Posted by dwhudson at August 6, 2008 9:38 AM

Comments

Brian,

Your interview with Guy Maddin is so revelatory! Loved it! The connection between George & Mike Kuchar and Maddin is really interesting. I like how he described George's work as being "smart, tasteless, and feeling"! I also especially enjoyed Maddin's description of his childhood . . .

Posted by: jmac at August 6, 2008 11:38 AM