Peep Show

An early Egoyan short. "Peep Show" does not provide a great deal of material for analysis, even for Egoyan fanatics, and in this respect is inferior to "Howard in Particular," another early Egoyan film. The film uses a curious, oddly imperfect, color layering technique which is visually interesting, but no more than that. The strange goings on in a photo booth do, however, presage "Amelie", as well as an X-files episode. This film, along with "Open House" and "Howard in Particular," is available on the "Family Viewing" DVD.

This early film by Atom Egoyan is interesting in that it mixes live- action B&W shots with a sort of transparent colour-layering animation technique (sort of like a poor-man's rotoscoping) to create a rather "eclipsing-world" effect. Over-all the film doesn't really stand out in terms of acting or plot, and seems at a loss for any real ending, but die-hard Egoyan fans and experimental film buffs might find it intriguing. 5/10.