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

#cost #involves #make #million #money

The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#being #believes #complexity #deal #father

The whole film is about people being convinced that they can reduce themselves to their archetypes. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#archetypes #being #convinced #film #people

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

#certain #film #goes #himself #home

When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#corporation #development #existence #family #film

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

#expectations #film #having #highest #like

When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you are writing is that you have to keep the characters down to a minimum. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#characters #down #i #keep #mind

Working on the themes I was interested in, through the context of a particular family, was a very economical way of dealing with a lot of the issues I was concerned with. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

#context #dealing #economical #family #i

You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten. ↗

— Atom Egoyan

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