The great Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin was assigned to make a documentary about his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. He made My Winnipeg (2007), a hilarious, surreal dreamscape that combines autobiography, history, and fiction into a free-flowing meditation on a city and a home. We discuss the film’s treatment of truth, memory, and the Canadian identity. PLUS: Luke discusses the glamorous life of being a published book author.

Preorder Luke’s book The Dead Center:

Manitoba History – February 19, 1942: If Day by Michael Newman:

Guy Maddin’s The Heart of the World: