British distributors Artificial Eye have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of acclaimed Canadian director Atom Egoyan's
Exotica (1994), starring David Hemblen, Elias Koteas, and Bruce Greenwood, and
Calendar (1993), starring Arsinée Khanjian, Ashot Adamyan, and Atom Egoyan. The two releases will arrive on the UK market in August.
Exotica
Canadian writer/director Atom Egoyan continues his examination of human morality and the politics of voyeurism in this steamy thriller, set in a strip club. Pet shop owner Thomas (Don McKellar) arrives in town with a secret cache of rare bird eggs. Sharing a cab from the airport he ends up in Exotica, a local strip club. Fascinated by star stripper Christina (Mia Kirshner), he becomes drawn into her sordid lifestyle, along with the club DJ (Elias Koteas) and a disturbed tax auditor (Bruce Greenwood). As the multiple narratives and chronological twists unfold, the characters find their lives becoming inexorably intertwined as they head towards a shocking conclusion. Street Date: August 26th.
Special Features:
- Formulas For Seduction - The Cinema of Atom Egoyan (52 min documentary)
Calendar
Contemplative drama directed by Atom Egoyan. A photographer (Egoyan) and his wife (Arsinée Khanjian) travel to Armenia to photograph churches for using in a calendar, employing a native speaking driver (Ashot Adamyan) to escort them around the country. On their travels a relationship develops between the photographer's wife and the Armenian guide. Looking back on this time from his apartment in Toronto, the newly separated photographer contacts women through an escort agency and invites them to dinner, all while his estranged wife tries reconcile to with him...Street Date: August 26th.
Special Features:
- Two early Egoyan shorts:
- Howard in Particular (13 mins)
- Peep Show (8 mins)