aTOM eGOYAN & hIS fILM
bY pAUL cHADERJIAN oct- 6 '97 vANCOUVER, bRITISH cOLUMBIA "The Sweet Hereafter" is Canadian film maker Atom Egoyan's seventh film. It's based on the Russell Banks novel of the same name about how a small upstate New York town deals with the tragedy of a school bus accident which kills 14 of its children. The film is about to be released in the United States through Fine Line Films, and it premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival last week after sweeping the Cannes Film Festival a few months back. At Cannes, the film won the International Critics Award, the Grand Jury Award, and the Ecumenical Council Award. I had the chance to attend the premiere in Vancouver and talk to Egoyan about his latest film and his career. What follows is a transcript of the interview . paul: HOW DID YOU COME ACROSS THE BOOK? atom: ARSINEE .. MY WIFE... GAVE ME THE BOOK AS A GIFT. I READ IT... AND I WAS COMPLETELY OVERWHELMED. I THINK IT'S THE MOST REMARKABLE STO...