MIRRORS AND DOUBLES IN ATOM EGOYAN’S EXOTICA
MIRRORS AND DOUBLES IN ATOM EGOYAN’S EXOTICA
Author(s): Ioana AlexandrescuSubject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Editura Universitatii din Oradea
Keywords: Egoyan; Exotica; exoticism; space; double
Summary/Abstract: Exoticism and eroticism often accompany one another in the creation and reading of the Other as a primitive, savage or archaic figure. Atom Egoyan’s movie Exotica (1994) offers a frame of intriguing and disturbing type for the development of this link. Our paper analyzes this movie by taking as a starting point some elements that are related to its spatial configuration. The space reveals the issue of the double as a main figure of construction at the base of the movie, and we consequently focus on several levels where duplicity can be retrieved.
Journal: Analele Universităţii din Oradea Fascicula Limba si Literatura Română (ALLRO)
- Issue Year: 21/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 118-123
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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