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November 2005 |
Mouth to Mouth
By Alidė Kohlhaas
Short filmmaker and script writer Alison Murray, who operates out of England, although born here, made her first feature film in 2004, which has this month made its appearance in Toronto. Mouth to Mouth (not to be confused with a Spanish film that has the same name in translation) is the story of a runaway girl in search of, let me say, herself. It stars the young Canadian actress, Ellen Page, who will also in the near future make her appearance in two US produced commercial films. Anyone who has seen Mouth to Mouth will be impressed by this youngster (she is 18 now) and perhaps be drawn to view the sci-fi, X-Men 3, and suspense thriller, Hard Candy, when they are released here.
Making the jump from short films to feature films is a daunting experience for any filmmaker. The requirements are very different, one of which is that feature film characters have to have greater depth to exist, or for the viewer to care about. Other essential are a flowing storyline, a greater concentration on the visual aspects, and, very importantly, the need for good dialogue.
It isn't usually our habit to review films or television at Lancette, although I now and then do so in my column for Seniors Review. The reason for reviewing Mouth to Mouth is simply that now and then we have to make an attempt to connect with a new generation of filmmakers, of looking at films that will give us insight into the minds of the young, who seem so disconnected from us. It isn't that they rebel for any newer reasons then we did, but they do so in ways that seem far more destructive to society, and, most of all, to themselves, then our own generation chose to express its rebellion against being put into a box. There is also another reason for why we chose to have me review this film. Its executive producer is Atom Egoyan, whom we all admire . . .
PS - Ellen Page, of course, received an Oscar nomination in 2007 for a her role in Juno, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination.
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