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Atom Egoyan Quotes

Atom Egoyan quotes about film

Canadian Director July 19, 1960

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I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope. Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan quote: "When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film..."
When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence. Atom Egoyan
The film camera's ability to physically move through space, not zoom through space - every time we have a video camera the movement is through zoom; every time we have a film camera it is a physical movement. Atom Egoyan
Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences - and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn't connect and, since the film is very personal, obviously I am made to feel very vulnerable by that. Atom Egoyan
Right now my career is totally schizophrenic, because when an American production like Hitchcock Presents asks to see my work I would never dream of showing them my independent films. Atom Egoyan
There is a certain moment in the film when the son is in the nursing home and he goes to the television and turns it off because he sees himself in the image. Atom Egoyan
I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film. Atom Egoyan
When you make a film like this, you must have the highest expectations of your audience. Having worked in situations where we have the lowest expectations of our audience. Atom Egoyan
I think ultimately if you have a very high expectation of your audience and you know exactly what it is you're trying to express through the medium of film, there will always be an audience for you. Atom Egoyan
That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs - where he tries desperately to be a 'TV Dad,' to give advice and it's so pat it becomes ridiculous. Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan quote: "The whole film is about people being convinced that they can..."
The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes. Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan quote: "I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been..."
I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way. Atom Egoyan

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