Weird Sex and Snowshoes And Other Canadian Film Phenomena

by Monk, Katherine; Egoyan, Atom

• ISBN13: 9781551924748
• ISBN10: 1551924749
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-10
• Publisher: Raincoast Books

Summary

Despite the glare emanating from Hollywood, the Canadian film industry perseveres, experimenting with form, content and style to create unique and varied movies. In this study of contemporary film in Canada, Vancouver Sun film reviewer Katherine Monk details the growth of our country's quirky, diverse and stubbornly independent cinema. With the discerning eye of a critic, the enthusiasm of an insatiable cinephile and the passion of a proud Canuck, Monk delves into the guts of Canada's cinematic tradition-where it came from, what it looks like and what's going on beneath the surface of the frame. She pulls Canadian film apart at the splice marks, rips open its subtext and exposes not just the beating heart of one plucky cinematic species-but the hidden soul of a nation.Full of film reviews and profiles of some of Canada's greatest filmmakers (David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan, Francois Girard, Robert Lepage, Anne Wheeler and many more), Weird Sex & Snowshoes explores the slippery notion of "Canadian identity" and how it has evolved through images on the silver screen.

Table of Contents

Foreword	1	(2)
Atom Egoyan
Introduction	3	(6)
Section One
Rooted in Realism: Where is Here?	9	(16)
Survivors & Surviving: The Guilt Trip Begins	25	(20)
Profile	40	(2)
Gary Burns
Profile	42	(3)
Guy Maddin
First Takes: Our Home and Native Land	45	(18)
Profile	60	(3)
Alanis Obomsawin
The Tangled Garden: Reframing Eden	63	(26)
Profile	84	(2)
Anne Wheeler
Profile	86	(3)
Bruce McDonald
Probing the Negative: Moving Past the Film Plane and Understanding Empty Space	89	(30)
Profile	111	(3)
Michael Snow
Profile	114	(5)
Atom Egoyan
Sex & The Great Repression: Getting Hot (and Staying Cold)	119	(36)
Profile	149	(3)
Patricia Rozema
Profile	152	(3)
John Greyson
Crashing into the Language Barrier: The Politics of Words	155	(26)
Profile	171	(5)
Denys Arcand
Profile	176	(2)
Robert Lepage
Profile	178	(3)
Denis Villeneuve
Pluralist Perspectives: Seeking Salvation in the Mosaic Model	181	(28)
Profile	200	(3)
Deepa Mehta
Profile	203	(3)
Lea Pool
Profile	206	(3)
Clement Virgo
The Incredible Weight of Being: Talking Philosophy with the Grim Reaper	209	(36)
Profile	234	(5)
David Cronenberg
Profile	239	(6)
Don McKellar
The Leap of Faith: Selling Canadian Film	245	(28)
Profile	261	(2)
Norman Jewison
Profile	263	(5)
Garth Drabinsky
Profile	268	(5)
Robert Lantos
Section Two
100 Film Reviews	273	(74)
Notes	347	(2)
Bibliography	349	(2)
Acknowledgements	351	(2)
Index	353