Atom Egoyan Libros

Atom Egoyan, a celebrated Canadian filmmaker, initially pursued playwriting before discovering the emotional depth that film could provide. His journey began at the University of Toronto, leading to independent films and television directing. His debut feature, Next of Kin, delved into family and identity—recurring themes in his work that reflect his unique storytelling approach. With four Cannes Film Festival wins, Egoyan's career showcases his evolution as a filmmaker dedicated to exploring complex human emotions through the lens of cinema.

Taking subtitles as their point of departure, the contributors to this unique collection consider translation, foreignness and otherness in film culture. Their discussions range from the mechanics and aesthetics of subtitles themselves to to subtitles as a metaphor for the distance and intimacy of film

Everybody loves the movies. But a movie about the colour blue, or an isolated mountain range, or a man grown so thin the world floats through his perfect transparency? 'You know what would be really great – to make a two-hour movie about Taylor Mead's ass,' remarked Andy Warhol, the most notorious fringe filmer of them all. Welcome to the strange and wonderful universe of fringe cinema, where the only rules left unbroken are the ones that have been forgotten. Twenty-three interviews with Canada's finest underdogs lay it all down like a road, ready to take you through the vanishing point of personality. This new edition includes a foreword by Atom Egoyan, and features never-before-heard raps from Ellie Epp, David Rimmer, Ann Marie Fleming, Anna Gronau, John Kneller, Rick Hancox and Kika Thorne, joining fellow fringers like Mike Snow, Carl Brown, Patricia Gruben, Penelope Buitenhuis, Fumiko Kiyooka, Wrik Mead, Annette Mangaard, Gariné Torossian, Richard Kerr and Mike Cartmell.