Winnipeg

MY WINNIPEG ~ Guy Maddin
$34.99
This is perhaps Maddin's most personal film, although I've seen pretty much all his output and it's rather hard to say what may be his personal life and what may be his twisted versions of it. In this, he returns to the city of Winnipeg, where he grew up, and hires actors to play his brothers & sisters, and returns to the apartment where they lived (although things are a bit awkward, since the current tenant refuses to move out). His real mother is there, and while his father is deceased, they pretend to have exhumed his body and reburied it in the living room..!? Anyway, the whole films is Maddin's odd reminiscences and it comes off as kind of a dreamy travelogue through the strange history and locations in Winnipeg. Most memorable is the great stable disaster when a fire caused horses to stampede and jump into the river, where they froze to death. We're treated to couples strolling amongst the frozen anguished horseheads, like it was a beautiful picnic spot or something.

I'm really surprised this hasn't been officially released in the US, though, I ordered mine from Amazon Canada many months ago & got it rather quickly for a decent price (about 19.75 USD).

5 out of 5, HIGHLY recommended.

My Winnipeg

This engaging, very personal tribute from weird Canadian director Guy Maddin to his hometown of Winnipeg is very well done. Shot in black and white with his familiar style that reminds one of both silent cinema and the films of David Lynch, the plot has an alter ego of the director hire his elderly, domineering mother (actually b-movie starlet from the 1940s Ann Savage) and actors playing his siblings in order to relive his teenage years in the sixties, and sort of understand what makes him tick. The movie includes a lot of lore about Winnipeg that may be true in some cases and is almost certainly not true in other cases (the story about the frozen horses' heads in the river, for example, is hard for me to believe). This deadpan, funny tribute is most of all a nostalgic paean to his childhood, and a denunciation of modern capitalism mindless drive to change all things (Maddin recounts in a heartfelt way how they demolished a popular department store as well as his beloved ice hockey arena, for example). And because nostalgia of our childhood is something that most people can relate to, this makes this movie more accessible than other films of him. The film explains also the reason he never leave Winnipeg (in order to defend it, and not let others completely ruin it) as well as a lot of the obsessions in his other movies (for instance, his fascination with communist aesthetics seems rooted in the strong labor movement in his hometown).

Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Silver Dollar Royal Canada Mint
$11.99
Specially struck proof-like silver dollars, double-struck by the Royal Canadian Mint with polished dies. This gives each coin a superb finish so you can enjoy the perfect images. The Dollar of 1974 commemorates the Centennial of the City of Winnipeg, with its design of old and new in each of the 2 number 0 of 100 there is a magical story. There is a variety which shows an extra yoke in the empty space above the oxen. Patrick Brindley created this design from a drawing by Paul Pederson to commemorate the centennial of the city of Winnipeg. Inside the two zeroes of 100 are images of Winnipeg's Main street in 1874 (left) and 1974 (right). Specifications: Face Value: $1 Mintage: 628,183 Composition: 50% Ag, 50% Cu Weight (g): 23.30 Diameter(mm): 36.07 Edge: Reeded Finish: Specimen

Winnipeg Jets Vintage Glory T-Shirt Size Medium
$24.00
Part of the Vintage Collection by Bulletin the Glory Tee features: - 100% cotton garment dyed jersey tee - Distressed Front print - Woven Vintage jock tag