Posted by MHVFDoug at sdn-ar-003orportp110.dialsprint.net on November 07, 2000 at 01:04:54:
In Reply to: HANGING GARDEN and Egoyan posted by Vincent on November 06, 2000 at 13:55:21:
Not sure of the OAR, but it's an incredible flick - right behind THE SWEET HEREAFTER for me (with EXOTICA a close #3, SPEAKING PARTS #4, and ADJUSTER #5). I wasn't so hot on FELICIA'S JOURNEY, though - it comes in last (#6) of the ones I've seen, and the only one that falls on the wrong side of the "recommend" line. But I'll probably give it another try - I could be missing the point. (It felt to me like he was trying to sort of do the same thing that he did with THE SWEET HEREAFTER - imprint himself on somebody else's source material - but where THE SWEET HEREAFTER was an inspired combination, this wasn't.)
: I'm a big Egoyan fan myself- love EXOTICA and THE SWEET HEREAFTER, and this early film of his that Kevin and I saw as part of a film discussion series (I can't recall the title). I've been meaning to see THE ADJUSTER, but refuse to until it's released in widescreen since, like SWEET HEREAFTER, it's a 'Scope film. Also been meaning to see FELECIA'S JOURNEY.
: Vincent