Calendar Page #4

Synopsis: A photographer and his wife take photographs of Armenian churches for use in a calendar. Their driver, a local resident, expounds on the history of the churches while the wife translates. The photographer becomes jealous of his wife's bonding with the driver. In a series of flash-forwards, the photographer stages identical dinners with several women, who pretend to talk on the phone while he writes. His wife, now estranged from him, leaves repeated messages on his answering machine, asking why he never contacts her. Yet another thought-provoking look into strange, intertwined relationships from the always enigmatic Egoyan.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Atom Egoyan
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
1993
74 min
92 Views


I actually touched.

Was an oriental dancer.

Um, well, I mean it was this,

it was this...

My father had taken me, for my

birthday, to this restaurant.

He owns a Greek restaurant, and there

were some of his friends there.

And at a certain point,

he gave me a $2 bill,

And he said, "just put

this in her waistband."

So I went... waited till

the dancer came to the table,

And, um, took the bill,

and I opened up her, you know,

Kind of pulled back

her waistband.

And she wasn't really wearing

anything underneath, I remember.

It was actually kind of odd.

And kind of put the $2 bill in

and kind of... lingered there.

I don't know, I mean it's...

It just left an impression

on me, I guess.

I hate when people touch me

when I dance.

I find it very intrusive.

And I think if they want

to give me money,

They should come

shower in on my head.

It's a compliment.

- Showering it on your head?

- Sure.

That's what you do for

a singer or a musician.

I don't necessarily

shower money on a singer's head.

But, I mean...

I mean, I guess it was just

something that happened.

Excuse me... can I make

a phone call?

Yeah, it's just on top

of the water cooler.

Thanks.

What can he tell us

about this place?

He wants to know if you know.

Anything about

this place at all.

Um, well, if I did,

I wouldn't have just asked him.

What he could tell me about it.

He says that he doesn't normally

like giving out information.

About this place

when he comes here.

It's all a matter

of watching it and letting.

Your eyes discover

what's out there.

Uh, I guess that's what we're

in the process of doing, right?

Yeah, yes.

You can thank him

for his help, though.

- Huh?

- You can thank him for his help.

He wants to know if it wasn't

an important thing.

To do some research about

the place before coming here.

He's telling me

I should have done research?

Well, he wants to know

if there wasn't any need for it.

Oh, um, well, I mean, I am

just doing this as a job, right?

I mean, it wasn't my idea.

The organization, I guess,

must have done research.

Before they gave me the list of

places they wanted photographed.

What's he asking?

He says if you didn't have

the calendar project.

Proposed to you, you would

have never come to Armenia.

Does that bother him

or is that an issue?

I don't know.

Well, I don't... see...

no, I wouldn't have, probably.

You wouldn't

have come to Armenia?

Well, no, I mean,

not if I didn't have.

A specific reason

to come here, no.

How can you be so passive?

How can you ask me to respond

to these questions.

When you know all the answers?

How can you pretend that my

responses are a surprise to you?

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Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan, CC is a Canadian director, writer, producer and former actor. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica, a film set primarily in and around the fictional Exotica strip club. more…

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