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 budgetcharactermind Change image and share on social
I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that the most compelling aspect was not what happened, but what continues to happen and how it is denied. Atom Egoyan aspectbegincompel share on social
You are traveling and see these people shooting the entire experience of going through a city, and maybe in the back of their minds they sustain the illusion that they will edit it all, but I don't think that's it. Atom Egoyan backcityedit share on social
It is about this very abstract sense of displacement that he feels the moment he turns off the television. Atom Egoyan abstractdisplacementfelt Change image and share on social
My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration. Atom Egoyan actcreativedesecration Change image and share on social
I've just been very, very lucky with the film having been introduced in the right way. Atom Egoyan filmhaveintroduce Change image and share on social
As a producer, I think one of the most important decisions you make is not necessarily the material you are working on but the production apparatus that you choose to develop the project with, and that determines what funding you go to, it determines many factors. Atom Egoyan apparatuschoosedecision share on social
I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do may not work, then you are just shattering their confidence in the project. Atom Egoyan actorconfidencedirect share on social
When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence. Atom Egoyan corporationdevelopmentexistence Change image and share on social
I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film. Atom Egoyan easyfilmfund Change image and share on social
