Speaking Parts (1989)

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   Ray Anselmo

   On YouTube as of January 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lYn7o_RABc. 2 years 3 months ago
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   MMDan

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   Siskoid

   Speaking Parts is about what we project on others. Lisa stalks a co-worker and checks out the films he's appeared as an extra in, imagining there's more to these appearances. Clara, a film writer projects her dead brother on him and insists he be cast in his life story, even as she's being pushed off the project AND the story. It's a postmodern thriller that culminates into a very strange finale where video image and reality converge and leaves the audience - even with the help of the director's commentary - wondering what the hell just happened. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Arsinée Khanjian (Egoyan's wife who has been in each of these films) plays a most awkward Lisa, touching in her inability to connect with reality, and at time profound. It's also a movie that shows its age, somehow proving that in 1989, everyone, boy or girl, had a perm. 8 years 10 months ago

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