Atom Egoyan: Search and Destroy

and what about when Melanie Griffith played a Hasid?

All that, of course, does make Nomi remarkably difficult to empathise with. "So's Lady Macbeth," Verhoeven says.

Donald Sutherland was in it? I don't recall him at all. Are you thinking of Christopher Plummer?

That's bonkers.

Most of his original dialogue sounds like Japanese koans translated into English.

Not all a-v Canadian hockey films can be Cowards Bend the Knee, you know.

Did anyone see Adoration? This played for like one week in Berkeley and I appear to have missed it.

...and here's the trailer for Chloe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPimNHuCoRQ

remembered this guy during films of the 00's poll, thought how he had really fallen off compared to the previous decade

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/chloe/

He fell off as soon as he stopped writing his own scripts.

had no idea he had another one out so soon. I still haven't seen the last one. Which is weird because he was probably my favorite modern director for a number of years there.

I've only seen three of his films, I think. He's sometimes at the Cinematheque (Toronto) when I see films there. I'm not bold enough to go up to him and say, "Stop--please."

We watched Chloe last night... Mixed feelings on it. I guessed the twist right away (never saw the source film this was based on) but thought the third act was the weekest. Not bad though, the lead has great lips and curves... kinda this Sarah Polley meets ScarJo hybrid (straight up Egoyan's alley, iow). Julianne Moore is pretty decent too. I think this was the movie that Liam Neeson was filming when his wife died. Not sure if that affected his performance. Idk, I could go either way on this. Might watch again.

"Plus, he's a better adapter than original screenwriter"

Still can't believe someone believes this.

Are you not familiar with Amanda Seyfried, Shasta? She's been getting a lot of roles lately.

If you had looked at this poster when it came out, and were asked who would have the best career 7 years down the road, would you have picked Amanda Seyfried? I doubt that anyone would, yet here we are.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8f/Mean_Girls_movie.jpg/220px-Mean_Girls_movie.jpg

felicia's journey was a weird freakin movie. idk what was even going on in that one.

Felicia's Journey came out while I was living in Birmingham, and it was fun to see my adopted home writ large.

i haven't seen his last three films, for some reason. at one point he was my favorite filmmaker. I still think most of his stuff through Sweet Hereafter is top-notch. YOu need to get over the canadian-ness of some of the acting though.

If you had looked at this poster when it came out, and were asked who would have the best career 7 years down the road, would you have picked Amanda Seyfried? I doubt that anyone would, yet here we are.

in the shower this morning i was trying to remember if amanda seyfried had been in this movie, and i managed to convince myself i'd been confusing her with blonde rachel mcadams.

you all shouldve watched Veronica Mars, where Amanda Seyfried plays a better dead girl than Sheryl Lee...

Just watched Sweet Hereafter again; I think that movie has held up really well...

I was just thinking of watching that again. Love Ian Holmes's last line to Sarah Polley in that.

"Ian Holm's" rather

^yeah that's great! Holm is awesome; Polley, too.

Also the rare film that is better than the (well regarded) source novel. Seem to recall Banks liking Egoyan's additions as well.

Man, Egoyan - what happened, man?

stopped directing films he wrote, mainly. although I didn't see adoration (actually I haven't seen anything past ararat, which I think is very good)

although people liked chloe, didn't they?

Chloe has to be his biggest film; they were selling it at Walmart!

it has the most famous lead acress of any of his films, which is why

yeah, right, it's just an erotic thriller from Atom Egoyan is not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Walmart

I wonder what happened to his repertory...

(probably could have used the word "still" less in that last post)

This one played TIFF in 2023--took that long to get it into theatres.

Can’t wait. Agreed, his run through The Sweet Hereafter is all time. Of the recent films, I did see Chloe all I can tell you about it was that it seemed like a lesser De Palma movie. The “return to form!” reviews are out there. Reminds me of when Cronenberg began making movies like End Of Violence and Eastern Promises.

No love for Ararat? I think it’s his last genuinely great movie.

For some reason I never saw it, don't know why, but iirc it was mostly panned. The first time I remember anyone needing to make a defense of one of his film was "Felicia's Journey," and if I remember right "Where the Truth Lies" was his first film hailed as any sort of comeback. But I don't think that stuck, and he's been wandering the wilds ever since. Clearly he still attracts good casts and gets movies made, but (haven't seen the new one) the spark and spotlight have mostly moved on.

Weird timing--immediately recognized the actor who plays the understudy as the surfer guy Jane takes up with in S2 of Big Little Lies, which I'm almost finished rewatching. Douglas Smith, a Canadian actor.

Anyway, based on ambition and execution, I'd give Seven Veils high marks. But I can't say I enjoyed it, and I know that's not what Atom Egoyan's about. Different temperament than mine, plus I'm a rube when it comes to opera. (My standard joke: everything I know about the subject comes from ELO's "Rockaria!") But: one of my favourite scenes this century is the daughter's radio debut in Todd Haynes' Mildred Pierce remake, so I do have it in me to respond.

I liked Felicia's Journey, Bob Hoskins is great in it, but the book is indeed better.

I recently saw Felicia's Journey and Where The Truth Lies. If that's his worst then that's really impressive because I was drawn into both of them. Where The Truth Lies was definitely missing something(s) though.

chloe and the one with tge ekderly jewish person (can’t remember the title) are his worst

I'm seeing Chloe next.

A shame his new one isn't on disc yet

Wouldn’t have been surprised if Chloe was one of his old Red Shoe Diaries episodes

Chloe is actually my favourite of his big-name pictures, it's the one time he succeeds in doing trash/pulp. For trash done badly, see Where the Truth Lies.

still need to watch these seyfried films.

I haven't kept up with his work, but I saw Seven Veils and thought it was all right. (The opening in particular made a strong impression - that was great.)

Yeah, I liked that one