Word: exotica
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Sony Harvard Square. 10 Church St., Cambridge. 864-4580. On Thurs., March 16. "Exotica" at 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50 and 10:15 p.m. "Miami Rhapsody" at 1:30, 3:40, 5:45, 8:15 and 10:30 p.m. "Once Were Warriors" at 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40 and 10 p.m. and 12:05 a.m. "Before Sunrise" at 12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25 and 9:45 p.m. "Madness of King George" at 2, 4:35, 7:05, 9:30 and 11:50. "Rocky Horror Picture Show" at 12:15 a.m. on weekend...
Sony Harvard Square. 10 Church St., Cambridge. 864-4580. On Thurs., March 9. "Exotica" at 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50 and 10:15 p.m. and 12:10 a.m. "Miami Rhapsody" at 1:30, 3:40, 5:45, 8:15 and 10:30 p.m. "Once Were Warriors" at 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:40 and 10:05 p.m. "Before Sunrise" at 12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25 and 9:50 p.m. "Madness of King George" at 2, 4:40, 7:10 and 9:35 p.m. "The Crow" at midnight. "Rocky Horror Picture Show...
Besides being a fascinating and well-crafted annecdote, Exotica is an exploration of desire, loss, betrayal, obsession, and the ways in which people carefully construct reality to make their lives manageable. Egoyan does not present the viewer with a baby-food film, in which the contents are simple, mashed to a pulp, and spoon-fed. He poses questions and exposes searches, which are sometimes pleasant, often disqueting. His is a cinema of investigation, not of morals or simple answers...
Chekov once stated that in theater, a gun presented in act one should go off by act three. Guns, in Exotica, do not need to go off. People don't kiss and make up. The labour of living and dealing always goes...
Egoyan's stories are puzzles in which most pieces have rough edges, don't fit perfectly. Even having them all does not make for a complete picture. If reality is hard to understand, Exotica suggests, it is not only because one never knows the whole story, but also because it might not make perfect sense...