Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia)
September 5, 2004 Sunday
DVD Review
by KAY SCHMIDT
DRAMA
Ararat
Imagine (MA)
In short: Focuses on the Armenian genocide, still denied by Turkey.
The players: Arsinee Khanjian, Christopher Plummer, Charles Aznavour,
Elias Koteas.
Verdict: A history lesson that is too wide-ranging to be involving.
AN ambitious, complex and informative film from Atom Egoyan (The
Sweet Hereafter), a Canadian of Armenian extraction. His deeply
personal mission is to draw attention to his heritage — the 1915
massacre of up to a million Armenians, which went mostly unnoticed
during World War I. He does so through several strands connecting
past and present, including a film within the film based on the
alleged atrocities.