So is any of this to be believed?

I think that all of it is true in one way or another. Dreams and memories can be true. People can believe in things very resolutely even if they are not historical facts. The best filmmakers always blend reality and dreams. The childhood memories we all carry with us are full of inaccuracies, but they are still believed long into adult life. Dreams can be thought of as memories that were never quite made clear in the mind, despite their power to be felt deeply, and despite their dual nature of both lingering and fading.


I loved this film because it is so dreamy and so full of memories.

Much of the movies questionable incidents are not real. Come on. Where is your sense of humor?

What was it "the ledge stander"?

Thanks for the link, that was interesting.

I did have the urge to fact-check after watching, but then I thought in the end it doesn't matter too much what is true and what isn't. The film is more a cinematic poem than a documentary. Loved it.

What I would like to know though, is wether people who are from Winnipeg think he captured something true here (in the way that there can be truth to poetry) that they relate to.

"And it's obvious the man is obsessed with hockey and was sad to see the team and arena dismantled"

Well he should be happy they have a team again since this was made. They still suck though.

And the Ledge Stander is second only to Hockey Night in Canada for longest running show in Canada (or I may be joking).

I don't believe the keys to old houses thing or that you have to let sleepwalkers stay. And if there were homeless villages on the rooftops on I am sure Vice would be making a doc on them. I would question most of the facts in this and the link above is now dead. It's one of those things I don't want to know though, I like the made up version. Loved this movie too. I'm not from Winnipeg but we had a landfill hill in Ontario that we also used as a Sledding area so that would almost certainly be true.