Word: exotica
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Although maybe a bit tired, Egoyan is relaxed and approachable, even circulating a picture of his wife and young son, who appears in utero with his mother, Arsinee Khanjian, in "Exotica." Egoyan also seems to have figured out what people are interested in learning from film-makers, since he offers the same information at the Four Seasons luncheon and the Carpenter Center screening, with almost identical wording...
Egoyan says that a theme throughout his work is "people who are missing, and the impact of the loss of those people on the characters," which he describes as "confused, in a state of flux." In "Exotica," several characters attempt to restructure their lives after the loss of loved ones. Zoe, the club's owner, tries to free herself from the dead mother by grounding herself through pregnancy. Francis, the central character, develops strange obsessions as a means of resolving tragic losses in his past...
These observations are pertinent to the characters' interactions in "Exotica," which partially originated from his interest in the idea of a man driving home the babysitter. "This is the first time that a younger woman will be alone with an older man, and there is an inherent tension in their involvement. It's impossible to be silent during that trip home because it becomes very tense, and so someone has to speak. But what do you speak...
...course, a way of ending uncomfortable silences is by filling them up with babbling, something that Egoyan is familiar with. "When I went to a table dancing club in San Francisco, I really identified with Thomas [in "Exotica"]. I started talking, and all this nonsense was pouring out of me. I was going on and on because I was so nervous...
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