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OverviewThe films of Atom Egoyan immerse the viewer in a world of lush sensuality, melancholia, and brooding obsession. From his earliest films Next of Kin and Family Viewing, to his coruscating Exotica and recent projects such as Where the Truth Lies, Egoyan has paid infinite attention to narrative intricacy and psychological complexity. Traumatic loss and its management through ritual return as themes in his films as he explores personal scenarios of mourning and broader issues of genocide, exile, and postmemory, in particular in relation to his own Armenian heritage. In this study, Emma Wilson closely analyzes the range of Egoyan's films and their visual textures, emotional control, and perverse beauty. Offering a full-scale chronological overview of Egoyan's work on films up to and including Where the Truth Lies, Wilson shows the persistence and development of certain structures and themes in Egoyan's cinema: questions of exile and nostalgia, trauma and healing, the family and sexuality. While drawing on ideas about intercultural cinema, Wilson also sets Egoyan's films in the context of contemporary Canadian cinema and European art-house cinema. Egoyan's own comments on his films thread throughout Wilson's analyses, and the book features a recent interview with the director. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Emma WilsonPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.254kg ISBN: 9780252076206ISBN 10: 0252076206 Pages: 184 Publication Date: 21 January 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface | ix Acknowledgments | xiii ON FOREIGENNESS AND FAMILIES | 1 Next of Kin (1984) 12 Family Viewing (1987) 22 Speaking Parts (1989) 34 The Adjuster (1991) 47 Calendar (1993) 61 Exotica (1994) 73 The Sweet Hereafter (1996) 88 Felicia's Journey (1999) 102 Ararat (2002) 115 Where the Truth Lies (2005) 128 INTERVIEW WITH ATOM AGOYAN | 137 Filmography | 147 Bibliography | 153 Index | 159ReviewsWilson brings a fresh perspective to Egoyan's work, particularly insofar as gender and sexuality are concerned. Her analysis is elegant, and her writing is beautiful. Required reading for anyone interested in Atom Egoyan. Judith Mayne, author of Claire Denis Wilson writes with clarity and passion and often describes details from the films with such vivid expression that one is moved immediately to want to view or review the film being described (and this surely compensates for any sense of detachment experienced by the reader unfamiliar with his work). This persuasive book brings Egoyan's films vibrantly alive, while at the same time offering compelling, intelligent and thought-provoking analysis. Paul Sutton, Times Higher Education, 24th September 2009 Author InformationEmma Wilson is a reader in contemporary French literature and film at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Corpus Christi College. Her publications include Alain Resnais and Cinema's Missing Children. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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