The ethics of failure : mourning and responsibility in Atom Egoyan's thrillers

This thesis considers the work of Atom Egoyan in order to address the relationship between film form and philosophical critique. I look at two of Egoyan's films which appropriate narrative and thematic conventions associated with the mainstream thriller. I argue that in these films Egoyan mobil...

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Main Author: Lawrence, Michael
Published: Middlesex University 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.568370