A Portrait of Arshile

1995
5.8| 0h4m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 01 January 1995 Released
Producted By: Ego Film Arts
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Egoyan juxtaposes home-video images of his son Arshile with a self-portrait of the famed Armenian artist, Arshile Gorky; Egoyan narrates in English, while his wife narrates in Armenian. The self-portrait made from a photo of the artist as a child at the time of the great massacre of the Armenians is used as a focus for meditations on the nature of self-awareness, artistic expression, and the relationship between the artist and the viewer.

Genre

Documentary

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Director

Atom Egoyan

Production Companies

Ego Film Arts

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Nonureva Really Surprised!
Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Portia Hilton Blistering performances.
Xenoid As a avid "Atom Egoyan fan," I was delighted to see this short on the DVD for his latest film "Ararat."A Portrait of Arshile is a film that seems to have been a personal short film made solely for the purpose of celebrating his son, Arshile. The film is mostly a shot of Arshile looking into the camera, with Armenian and English narration. It's made aiming the narration explaining to Arshile where his name comes from, and the history behind who he is named after, Arshile Gorky, famed Armenian-American painter and Genocide survivor.A cute film, well done.