A Portrait of Arshile (1995)

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.

Released Jan. 1, 1995 4 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, mdblist.three-actors, imdb.independent-film, aspectratio.1-33-1

Production Companies: Ego Film Arts

Country: Canada
Languages: Armenian, English