Exotica (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Exotica |
| Original title | Exotica |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Atom Egoyan |
| script | Atom Egoyan |
| production | Atom Egoyan, Camelia Frieberg |
| music | Mychael Danna |
| camera | Paul Sarossy |
| cut | Susan Shipton |
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Exotica is a film drama of the Canadian director Atom Egoyan from the year 1994 , which in and around a Toronto nightclub plays the same name. The plot is not always chronological, so that the viewer only understands all the connections towards the end.
action
Exotica is about a group of separate characters whose lives are linked to the striptease local Exotica . Christina is one of the dancers at Exotica , which is run by Zoé. Eric, Christina's ex-boyfriend and father of the pregnant Zoé's child, is a DJ and presenter there . Francis is a regular for whom Christina regularly dances intimate for $ 5, which makes Eric jealous.
Francis is a certified public accountant . One day he stops by the gay pet dealer Thomas to check his finances.
Francis is kicked out of the club after touching Christina during a dance on Eric's advice, although the rules specifically forbid it. The next day, he discovers illegal activity in Thomas' account books. (The film begins with Thomas going through customs with eggs as contraband.) In order to refrain from filing a complaint, he forces Thomas to ask the Exotica about the reasons for his eviction. The viewer learns a lot about Francis' difficult personal situation, which has existed since the death of his wife and young daughter.
His crisis is getting worse. There is almost a murder. After all interdependencies have been cleared up, only the last scene, which took place several years earlier, shows the motives for the close connection between Francis and Christina.
Remarks
The film revolves around issues such as loss, grief and isolation . These contrast with heartfelt desire . Touching it is punished. Only Thomas, a sexual outsider who gets to know male sex partners at the ballet theater, escapes this fate in the end after he too feels something for Christina.
Reviews
The lexicon of international film described the film as "virtuoso nested" and as an "intelligent puzzle " .
The New York Times notes, "Mr. Egoyan continues his significant, uncompromising career." Rolling Stone's Peter Travers rated the director "exquisite taste" and called the film his "most mature and seductive work to date . " Leonard Klady spoke at Variety on May 16, 1994 of a "haunting, icy experience."
“In Egoyan's films, there's an invisible force field that separate one character from another, making them all voyeurs […] When that force field is broken, it's a powerful moment, […] not a whodunit, but a whoarethey”
"In Egoyan's films there is an invisible force field that keeps the characters apart and turns them into voyeurs on all sides [...] if it collapses, that's a powerful thing [...] less a Whodunit than a Whoarethey"
" 3sat -capable. [...] What will remain of this film: a pretentious concept and an open blouse. "
“We're damned if we can tell what that point is. [...] And then there is the music of Leonard Cohen, adding to general feelings of loneliness and denial that hang over the club scenes like the smell of a dead wolverine (a wolverine because this film takes place in Canada, eh?). […] In short, Exotica is a random collection of neurotic characters […] We sat at the end of the film, mouths gaping wide, saying 'No! No! What? Credits? But nothing HAPPENED! '”
"We have no idea what it's actually about [...] And then there's the music by Leonard Cohen , which adds to the general feeling of loneliness and failure that hangs over the club scenes like the smell of a dead marten (Marder because that plays in Canada, yes?) [...] In short, Exotica is a random potpourri of neurotic characters [...] At the end you shout in amazement: 'No! No! What? Credits? But nothing HAPPENED! '"
backgrounds
The budget was about CAD 2 million . The US revenue was over $ 5.1 million. The film was shot in Toronto. The film was first presented at the Cannes International Film Festival in May 1994. German-language VHS cassettes were released.
“Everybody Knows” is performed by Leonard Cohen (from the album “I'm Your Man”). The Impromptu op. 90 No. 4 by Franz Schubert is played by Eve Egoyan, the director's sister.
Awards (selection)
The film was named Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival . Atom Egoyan won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1994, and was nominated for the Palme d'Or . At the Genie Awards , Exotica won eight of twelve nominated categories. In 1995, the Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma honored him as best foreign film . The Independent Spirit Awards 1996 Atom Egoyan was launched in the film Best Foreign nominated.
Web links
- Exotica in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Exotica at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Girish Shambu: The Pleasure and Pain of “Watching”: Atom Egoyan's Exotica at Senses of Cinema
- A conversation with director Review by Cynthia Fuchs and (English)
- Bryant Frazer: Exotica (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Exotica in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ Caryn James : Innocence Beyond The Erotic Glimmer. In: The New York Times . September 24, 1994, accessed August 15, 2008 .
- ^ Peter Travers : Exotica. In: Rolling Stone . December 8, 2008, accessed August 15, 2008 .
- ^ Leonard Klady: Exotica. (No longer available online.) In: Variety . May 16, 1994, formerly in the original ; accessed on August 15, 2008 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Scott Tobias: The New Cult Canon: Exotica . In: A. V. Club. December 11, 2008, accessed December 28, 2008 .
- ↑ Robin Detje : The niece and the tax investigator. In: The time . December 23, 1994, accessed August 15, 2008 .
- ^ Exotica. In: stomptokyo.com. December 20, 1997, accessed August 15, 2008 .
- ↑ Soundtracks. In: IMDb . Retrieved August 14, 2008 .
