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I wandered around in a confused daze for most of the '90s unable to even remember why I wanted to be a filmmaker and somehow I found myself at the turn of the century. I used lost film as an excuse to express myself.

Guy Maddin

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Guy Maddin
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: February 28
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
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