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My Winnipeg (2007)

Directed by Guy Maddin · Cinematography by Jody Shapiro

80 min62 frames

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Stills, screencaps & shots from My Winnipeg

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My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: wide — A dark, textured concrete floor lit by high-contrast overhead security camera lighting. One man stands over…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: wide — A residential street is divided by a large, leafless tree standing in the center. A vintage automobile is…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: closeup — The frame depicts a woman looking up against a dark, undefined night background. She has a clear,…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: medium — Three horse silhouettes are positioned against a textured backdrop featuring scattered white stars. The…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: wide — A snowy outdoor landscape with bare branches dominating the upper and foreground portions. Three individuals…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: medium — Two men peer through a divided glass windowpane into a dark night. The outdoor view shows bare tree…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: medium — An urban city street at night with wet pavement and tall buildings in distance. A person in a puffy jacket…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: wide — A sprawling railway yard with multiple parallel tracks extends into an overcast, foggy horizon. A lone train…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: closeup — A dark wooden surface features white carved letters that look like the word YUG. The carving has rough,…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: wide — A 2D animated amusement park setting featuring a wooden roller coaster against a backdrop. Passengers in the…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: closeup — A square projection window displays a close-up of a human eye in high contrast. The surrounding area of…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: wide — A dark night-time highway view captured from the perspective of a moving vehicle. Overhead streetlamps cast…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: medium — Four children pose for a formal portrait in front of a simple pleated fabric backdrop. The subjects are…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: wide — The exterior side of a multi-story urban brick building features large painted advertisements. Large black…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: medium — A group of six people stand close together for a portrait in a dark interior. The subjects wear 1950s-style…My Winnipeg (2007) movie still: wide — A miniature train sits at a covered station with a wooden roof and floor. A group of people sits in the small…
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My Winnipeg — official trailer

What is My Winnipeg about?

The geographical dead center of North America and the beloved birthplace of Guy Maddin, Winnipeg, is the frosty and mysterious star of Maddin’s film. Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this work, conjuring a city as delightful as it is fearsome.

My Winnipeg is a 2007 Canadian film directed and written by Guy Maddin with dialogue by George Toles. Described by Maddin as a "docu-fantasia", that melds "personal history, civic tragedy, and mystical hypothesizing", the film is a surrealist mockumentary about Winnipeg, Maddin's home town. A New York Times article described the film's unconventional take on the documentary style by noting that it "skates along an icy edge between dreams and lucidity, fact and fiction, cinema and psychotherapy".

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Where can you watch My Winnipeg?

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What does the cinematography of My Winnipeg look like?

Across 62 sampled frames, My Winnipeg builds its coverage from medium shots (35% of the sample), with wide compositions (26%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Jody Shapiro keeps 35% of it in low-key light. 50% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 56% of the frames.

What is the color palette of My Winnipeg?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of My Winnipeg (2007) are #030303, #898989, #2f2f2f, #cececd, #fdfdfd, #4a4a4a — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #cececd
  • #fdfdfd
  • #4a4a4a

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