Atom Egoyan – Interviews Morris Hardback MP–MPP University Press of Mississippi

Atom EgoyanInterviews\nAuthor(s): T. J. Morris\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University Press of Mississippi, United States\nImprint: University Press of Mississippi\nISBN-13: 9781604734867, 978-1604734867\nSynopsis\nFour-time winner at the Cannes Film Festival, Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan (b. 1960) began his career while still an undergraduate at the University of Toronto. His first love was playwriting, but he began to see that he could investigate themes emotionally through film- that the camera could play a role. He learned his craft in his own independent films and by directing television episodes before attempting his first feature film, Next of Kin [tel]. There he explored the themes of family and identity that continue to interest him [url] frequent winner at film festivals, Egoyan broke through to a general audience with his film Exotica [tel]. Since then such films as The Sweet Hereafter [tel] and Felicia's Journey [tel] have gained him wide acclaim. These interviews, co.