After about 5 minutes of this, I decided I'd much rather be Charlie Kaufman's therapist than Guy Maddin's. Listen dude. I'm glad you got a chance to get this all off your chest. Hope you feel better. Sorry about you mom, the sleep walking and the forks and all that. Next time you want to move though, make two calls: mover and a relator. It's not rocket science. Hope your new home works out for you.
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I hate saying this, because it sounds so condescending, but I think you kind of missed the point (which is understandable because it's pretty well hidden
). It's only very loosely autobiographical. Most of it is made up for cinematic effect. It's a docu-fantasy as some have called it.
I think you may have taken it a little to "on-the-nose".
Nonetheless, even though it is on my top 100, I can totally understand people not liking it. There are some movies where hating it makes someone insane imo (Before Sunset, 12 Angry Men, etc) and some movies where loving it kind of makes you insane (My Winnipeg).
You really cant just step into a Guy Maddin film without having seen some of his other films and some of the classic films he is riffing off.
Too bad you didnt like it more though Ferris.