These are very subtle things, of course, and I dont expect everyone to pick them up consciously, but I think that there is something there that you must be able to feel, there is an energy at work that I must trust my audience will be able to pick up at some level. – Atom Egoyan
That is where the irony of the film comes off, in terms of the language it employs – where he tries desperately to be a TV Dad, to give advice and its so pat it becomes ridiculous. – Atom Egoyan