Canadian Cinema’s Growing Popularity in Mainstream Cinema
Since its inception, Canadian Cinema has struggled to find a worldwide audience in the shade of America’s commercial success. This is for no lack of talent on the part of Canada. James Cameron is a well respected Canadian director who has been praised worldwide, but as he produced his biggest films out of American studios, the credit for the work is often given to the United States.
It is also important to note that many films made in collaboration with Canada are billed as American successes. Did you know “Sucker Punch” has two countries of Origin? Both America and Canada, but the US takes the credit for the epic fantasy. “American Psycho” was also a US/Canada partnership.
In 2006, Canadian actress/director Sarah Polley crafted a beautiful cinematic masterpiece that took great strides to increase Canadian cinema’s growing popularity in mainstream cinema. “Away From Her,” stars Academy Award Winning actresses Julie Christie and Olympia Dukakis in a touching story about love and illness, and Polley’s next film “Take This Waltz,” due out in 2011, is highly anticipated.
Other great Canadian Films include:
1.”The Changeling” (1980)
2.”Videodrome” (1983)
3.”Strangers in Good Company” (1990)
4.”Crash” (1996)
5.”eXistenZ” (1999)