A Portrait of Arshile
1995, English. Directed by Atom Egoyan.
Egoyan juxtaposes home-video images of his son Arshile with a self-portrait of the famed Armenian artist, Arshile Gorky; Egoyan narrates in English, while his wife narrates in Armenian. The self-portrait made from a photo of the artist as a child at the time of the great massacre of the Armenians is used as a focus for meditations on the nature of self-awareness, artistic expression, and the relationship between the artist and the viewer.
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- 0h 4m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 1 January 1995
- Country
- Canada, United Kingdom
- Written by
- Atom Egoyan
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Who directed A Portrait of Arshile?
A Portrait of Arshile (1995) was directed by Atom Egoyan and stars Atom Egoyan, Arsinée Khanjian, Arshile Egoyan.