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Old 08-01-2005, 11:57 AM   #1 of 13
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Even More Directors Series - Volume Nine - Atom Egoyan


Not sure why he hasn't been done yet.


Where the Truth Lies (2005)
Ararat (2002)
Diaspora (2001)
Krapp's Last Tape (2000) (TV)
The Line (2000)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
... aka Voyage de Félicia, Le (Canada: French title)
Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande (1997)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
... aka De beaux lendemains (Canada: French title)
"Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach" (1997) TV Series
A Portrait of Arshile (1995)
Exotica (1994)
Calendar (1993)
Gross Misconduct (1993/II) (TV)
The Adjuster (1991)
... aka Expert en sinistres, L' (Canada: French title)
Montréal vu par... (1991) (segment "En passant")
... aka Montreal Sextet
... aka Six variations sur un thème (Canada: French title: subtitle)
Speaking Parts (1989)
Looking for Nothing (1988) (TV)
"Friday the 13th" (1987) TV Series
... aka Friday the 13th: The Series
... aka Friday's Curse (UK: repeat compilations title)
Family Viewing (1987)
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) TV Series
"The Twilight Zone" (1985) TV Series (episode "The Wall")
In This Corner (1985) (TV)
Men: A Passion Playground (1985)
Next of Kin (1984)
Open House (1982)
Peep Show (1981)
After Grad with Dad (1980)
Howard in Particular (1979)



Rank 'em, rate 'em, or just say you haven't heard of him.



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Old 08-01-2005, 12:04 PM   #2 of 13
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Where the Truth Lies (2005)
Ararat (2002)
Diaspora (2001)
Krapp's Last Tape (2000) (TV)
The Line (2000)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
... aka Voyage de Félicia, Le (Canada: French title)

Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande (1997)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
... aka De beaux lendemains (Canada: French title)

"Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach" (1997) TV Series
A Portrait of Arshile (1995)
Exotica (1994)
Calendar (1993)
Gross Misconduct (1993/II) (TV)
The Adjuster (1991)
... aka Expert en sinistres, L' (Canada: French title)
Montréal vu par... (1991) (segment "En passant")
... aka Montreal Sextet
... aka Six variations sur un thème (Canada: French title: subtitle)
Speaking Parts (1989)
Looking for Nothing (1988) (TV)
"Friday the 13th" (1987) TV Series
... aka Friday the 13th: The Series
... aka Friday's Curse (UK: repeat compilations title)
Family Viewing (1987)
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) TV Series
"The Twilight Zone" (1985) TV Series (episode "The Wall")
In This Corner (1985) (TV)
Men: A Passion Playground (1985)
Next of Kin (1984)*
Open House (1982)
Peep Show (1981)
After Grad with Dad (1980)
Howard in Particular (1979)


Bolded films I've seen.

Ararat
Felicia's Journey
The Sweet Hereafter
Exotica
The Adjuster
Speaking Parts N/A (don't remember much about it)
Family Viewing

* Couldn't get into this one, may try it again someday.

Where the Truth Lies looks positively Lynchian. Can't wait!

Link to a Cannes clip from Where the Truth Lies.

Warning: clip contains (modest) nudity from Alison Lohman. Not gonna look now, are you?



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Old 08-01-2005, 12:22 PM   #3 of 13
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Rated from to
Titles in RED are theatrical screenings

Atom Egoyan
Jul 19, 1960 -

To Each His Cinema (2007) (segment "Artaud Double Bill")
Citadel (2006)
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
Ararat (2002)
Diaspora (2001)
Krapp's Last Tape (2000) (TV)
The Line (2000)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande (1997)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997) (Own the DVD)
A Portrait of Arshile (1995)
Exotica (1994)
Calendar (1993)
Gross Misconduct (1993) (TV)
The Adjuster (1991)
Montréal vu par... (1991) (segment "En passant")
Speaking Parts (1989)
Looking for Nothing (1988) (TV)
Family Viewing (1987)
In This Corner (1985) (TV)
Men: A Passion Playground (1985)
Next of Kin (1984)
Open House (1982)
Peep Show (1981)
After Grad with Dad (1980)
Howard in Particular (1979)

Seen 12
Own 1

Atgom Egoyan is the 18th director in this series that I've seen/met in person.
WARNING: He is a seat-kicker and will talk throughout the movie if he has a friend with him.
You have been warned!!




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Old 08-01-2005, 12:57 PM   #4 of 13
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Exotica (1994)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
Speaking Parts (1989)

Seen the above, in order of ranking. ("Exotica" is by far my favorite.)
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Old 08-01-2005, 01:05 PM   #5 of 13
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Did you give him the half-turn and/or the full-turn with eyebrow raise?

1. The Sweet Hereafter - A (another of the best films of the 90's, made me a lifelong Sarah Polley fan)
2. Exotica - A-
3. Felicia's Journey - B- (This is the only Egoyan film I've seen in the theater. Coming off of Sweet Hereafter I also found this gravely disappointing. Not a bad film, I just distinctly remember how excited I was beforehand and how low I felt when I saw this wasn't anywhere on the level of SH)
4. Ararat - C

Own: 1

Would like to see some more of his early work. I don't know what episodes he directed, but I LOVED the incredibly inappropriately named Friday the 13th: The Series. I'd buy it on DVD.



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Retribution - B / Frontiers - C
The Third Mother - B+ / The Mist - A
Diary of the Dead - B+ / The Invisible Man - B+
Inside - B / The Crazies - B


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Old 08-01-2005, 01:30 PM   #6 of 13
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Where the Truth Lies (2005) - Do I have to mention that I am so there if and when this comes available? I won't bother to say why.
Ararat (2002) - Have it, will watch it eventually, but I don't think it measures up to the few others I have seen.
Diaspora (2001)
Krapp's Last Tape (2000) (TV)
The Line (2000)
Felicia's Journey (1999)
... aka Voyage de Félicia, Le (Canada: French title)
Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande (1997)
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
... aka De beaux lendemains (Canada: French title) - One of those fabulous films which also manages to annoy the hell out of certain people.
"Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach" (1997) TV Series
A Portrait of Arshile (1995)
Exotica (1994) -
Calendar (1993)
Gross Misconduct (1993/II) (TV)
The Adjuster (1991)
... aka Expert en sinistres, L' (Canada: French title)
Montréal vu par... (1991) (segment "En passant")
... aka Montreal Sextet
... aka Six variations sur un thème (Canada: French title: subtitle)
Speaking Parts (1989)
Looking for Nothing (1988) (TV)
"Friday the 13th" (1987) TV Series
... aka Friday the 13th: The Series
... aka Friday's Curse (UK: repeat compilations title)
Family Viewing (1987)
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1985) TV Series
"The Twilight Zone" (1985) TV Series (episode "The Wall")
In This Corner (1985) (TV)
Men: A Passion Playground (1985)
Next of Kin (1984)
Open House (1982)
Peep Show (1981)
After Grad with Dad (1980)
Howard in Particular (1979)





They flutter behind you, your possible pasts.
Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.

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Old 08-01-2005, 03:14 PM   #7 of 13
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