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Michael McManus,
Michael McManus,
Arsinée Khanjian,
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Atom Egoyan,
Atom Egoyan
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: Zeitgeist Films
: Drama, Independent, Canada
: 92 min.
: English
: English, French
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"In my films, you're always encouraged to remember that you're watching a collection of designed images." Thus spake Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan in describing his calculatedly non-realistic style. In keeping with his earlier works, Egoyan's Speaking Parts, though grounded in reality, could never be confused with the facts of life. Arsinee Khanjian plays a near-somnambulistic maid who carries a torch for aspiring actor Michael McManus. She obsesses on McManus by renting tapes of the films in which he's appeared as a non-speaking extra. As McManus ignores Khanjian while wooing would-be filmmaker Gabrielle Rose (he wants to star in a film based on Rose's life-saving organ donation), Khanjian develops a sort of rapport with video store manager Tony Nardi, who also harbors dreams of becoming a filmmaker. The most curious (and, to some, maddening) aspect of Speaking Parts is that all the characters physically resemble one another. What this has to do with Egoyan's "message"--if any--is unclear, but it sure works towards the director's goal of assuring that the viewers are constantly aware that they're watching a movie and not Real Life. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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| Clearly an early effort
by LJSosa
May 18, 2003 - 5:51 PM PDT
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| Egoyan is one of my favorite director's. Thank heaven he made this film and got it out of his system. Compared to his other work this film is sloppy and amateurish. |
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