Early life and background. Pratap was born in Thiruvananthapuram.His father Kolathinkal Pothen was a well known businessman of Thiruvananthapuram. He has two brothers and two sisters. He did his schooling at Lawrence School, Lovedale, in Ooty.He finished Schooling in 1968. Directed by Sriprakash. With Baiju, Thilakan. Gamanam is a 1994 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sriprakash and Produced by Kareem K.T.H. The flim stars Baiju, Thilakan, Vijayakumar, Pappu, Mathu & M S Trippunitura in lead roles.The music of the film was composed by Ouseppachan.
| Calendar | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Atom Egoyan |
| Produced by | Atom Egoyan Arsinée Khanjian Robert Lantos |
| Written by | Atom Egoyan |
| Starring | Arsinée Khanjian Ashot Adamyan Atom Egoyan |
| Music by | Eve Egoyan Djivan Gasparyan Hovhanness Tarpinian John Grimaldi |
| Cinematography | Atom Egoyan Norayr Kasper |
| Edited by | Atom Egoyan |
| Distributed by | Zeitgeist Films |
| June 3, 1993 | |
Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | Canada Germany Armenia |
| Language | English Armenian |
Calendar (Armenian: Օրացույց) is a 1993 drama film directed by Atom Egoyan.
Plot[edit]
A photographer (Atom Egoyan) is sent to Armenia to take pictures of churches for a calendar. He slowly begins to realise that his wife (Arsinée Khanjian), an Armenian translator, is falling in love with their driver and guide, Ashot (Ashot Adamyan). They grow more and more distant from each other and finally separate. In a few parallel sequences of flashforwards, the photographer uses an escort agency to invite a number of women, all from countries culturally or racially related to Armenia, to dinner in a similar setting at his home in Toronto.
It is suggested during the last date that the ritualistic phone usage during the dinner was pre-arranged and the photographer uses the occasion to see if he feels comfortable with his date in such a domestic setting and whether she is in some way similar to his estranged wife.
Style[edit]
The film is narrated by the photographer. Interactions between the photographer, his wife, and their driver were largely improvised.[1]
Locations[edit]
The story is told almost entirely from only three locations: In Armenia, at the photographer's dining room in Toronto, and by the photographer's answering machine.
Armenia[edit]
All scenes in Armenia are strictly from the photographer's subjective viewpoint, mostly while he prepares to take pictures of the churches (including a moment where the photographer mistakes the pagan temple of Garni for a church or a bank); his wife and driver speak to him while looking directly at the camera. The photographer takes a video camera for the travelogue. Some shots in Armenia sequences are presented from the (amateurish) videos from the travelogue.
Dining room[edit]
The scenes in the dining room feature the photographer having dinner with women from the escort agency. Each date follows almost exactly the same pattern: The photographer and his date converse briefly, the photographer pours the wine, and the date excuses herself to use the telephone in the next room while the photographer listens. It is revealed on the last date that this pattern was set up prior to each date, and that this is his way of finding a woman who sounds like his wife, although his motives for doing so are left ambiguous.
Answering machine[edit]
The photographer's answering machine sits beside the Armenian calendar, which marks the passage of time throughout the movie. We learn of the state of his marriage through the messages left by his estranged wife.
Critical reception[edit]
Due to its limited release, Calendar did not receive many reviews in the mainstream media. However, it received mostly positive reactions. It has a 100 percent rating at Rotten Tomatoes[2] and was nominated for Best Achievement in Direction and Best Screenplay at the 1993 Genie Awards.[3]Stephen Holden of The New York Times highly praised the movie,[4]
If Calendar, like such earlier Egoyan films as The Adjuster and Speaking Parts, has to be pieced together backward, it is so finely constructed and beautifully acted a movie that its game of detective is quite enticing. Seamlessly edited, the film sustains a visual rhythm that is as confident as it is edgy.[5]
It is suggested during the last date that the ritualistic phone usage during the dinner was pre-arranged and the photographer uses the occasion to see if he feels comfortable with his date in such a domestic setting and whether she is in some way similar to his estranged wife.
Style[edit]
The film is narrated by the photographer. Interactions between the photographer, his wife, and their driver were largely improvised.[1]
Locations[edit]
The story is told almost entirely from only three locations: In Armenia, at the photographer's dining room in Toronto, and by the photographer's answering machine.
Armenia[edit]
All scenes in Armenia are strictly from the photographer's subjective viewpoint, mostly while he prepares to take pictures of the churches (including a moment where the photographer mistakes the pagan temple of Garni for a church or a bank); his wife and driver speak to him while looking directly at the camera. The photographer takes a video camera for the travelogue. Some shots in Armenia sequences are presented from the (amateurish) videos from the travelogue.
Dining room[edit]
The scenes in the dining room feature the photographer having dinner with women from the escort agency. Each date follows almost exactly the same pattern: The photographer and his date converse briefly, the photographer pours the wine, and the date excuses herself to use the telephone in the next room while the photographer listens. It is revealed on the last date that this pattern was set up prior to each date, and that this is his way of finding a woman who sounds like his wife, although his motives for doing so are left ambiguous.
Answering machine[edit]
The photographer's answering machine sits beside the Armenian calendar, which marks the passage of time throughout the movie. We learn of the state of his marriage through the messages left by his estranged wife.
Critical reception[edit]
Due to its limited release, Calendar did not receive many reviews in the mainstream media. However, it received mostly positive reactions. It has a 100 percent rating at Rotten Tomatoes[2] and was nominated for Best Achievement in Direction and Best Screenplay at the 1993 Genie Awards.[3]Stephen Holden of The New York Times highly praised the movie,[4]
If Calendar, like such earlier Egoyan films as The Adjuster and Speaking Parts, has to be pieced together backward, it is so finely constructed and beautifully acted a movie that its game of detective is quite enticing. Seamlessly edited, the film sustains a visual rhythm that is as confident as it is edgy.[5]
Jonathan Rosenbaum of the Chicago Reader gave the film four stars out of four (masterpiece) and opened his enthusiastic review with the following sentence: 'In terms of craft, originality, and intelligence, there are few young filmmakers in the world today to match Atom Egoyan...'.[6]
However, not all reviews were positive. Rita Kempley of The Washington Post said, '[Egoyan's] approach remains far too cerebral to evoke more than intellectual interest'.[7]
References[edit]
- ^Sheley, Aaron (2007-01-18). 'Art Film – Atom Egoyan's Calendar'. Entertainment Today. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^'Calendar (1993)'. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^'Awards for Calendar'. IMDb. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
- ^Holden, Stephen. 'Review/Film Festival; Technology, a Tripod, A Romantic Triangle'. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^Holden, Stephen (1993-10-16). 'Technology, a Tripod, A Romantic Triangle'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^'Tribal Trouble [CALENDAR] | Jonathan Rosenbaum'. www.jonathanrosenbaum.net. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ^Kempley, Rita (1994-05-27). 'Calendar'. Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-12-03.
External links[edit]
- Calendar on IMDb
- Calendar at AllMovie
- Calendar at Rotten Tomatoes
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