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Atom Egoyan Quotes

Atom Egoyan quotes

Canadian Director July 19, 1960

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I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project. 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 wanted to make sure that the environment of the shooting itself was not that controlled, and the way to go about that course was to work with as small a crew as possible. 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
It was very important that it be done in such a way that it be executed with complete conviction. If I had done it both ways, if I was trying to cover myself in case it didn't work, then it would have been to no purpose. Atom Egoyan
Atom Egoyan quote: "It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he..."
It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television. Atom Egoyan
I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that the most compelling aspect was not what happened, but what continues to happen and how it is denied. Atom Egoyan
The programme has ended, something has finished, and he has a sense of something having finished its course, and then all of a sudden he turns away and this other thing has just finished its course, this other person. Atom Egoyan
That's a very odd notion because it involves seeing money up there on the screen - if something cost $5 million to make, they want to see that $5 million up there. 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
It is not as though the process of production holds any mystery for me, I know exactly what it involves and I know the predominant concern in shooting one of those things is production values - or as they would say, seeing it all up there on screen. Atom Egoyan
Once we were in the studio, we realized we were getting certain effects through the shooting of the dramatic scenes on video, shooting off a screen and then getting wave patterns and stuff like that. 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
Atom Egoyan quote: "I suppose I had these concerns but I really felt that I had to..."
I suppose I had these concerns but I really felt that I had to keep my scope very, very concentrated. Atom Egoyan

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