Oops, I didn't get a chance to share my thoughts on the movie Ararat. It is absolutely incredibly amazingly fantastic! Every single Armenian must see it, and buy the DVD :-) Seriously, I am not sure how it is for odars who do not understand our story, but the movie can really touch you as a diasporan in a deep way. It deals with all of the issues we face as diasporans regarding the genocide, and does it so very well. The whole cast seems like people you know, the story is (mostly) one you have experienced, the Armenian on the screen is heartwarming, and some scenes will stay with you forever.

Egoyan's movies always have many facets and layers, but this one seemed so simple to me, not because it lacked those things, but because the whole thing was so familiar to begin with that I was IN the layers. I can see how odar critics who do not know our experience, have not learned any of our story could find the movie less straighforward and complain, but if they could view it from our eyes they would realize that what Egoyan created is pure magic. Am I gushing? Yup!