Atom Egoyan on Steenbeckett

June 2002

Working with Artangel has been an exceptional experience. Every step of the development of Steenbeckett has been a true collaboration, with ideas and concepts being clarified, challenged, nurtured and finally realized. I always felt that the every possible path we might have walked down was carefully researched and fully explored.

Steenbeckett involved a complicated negotiation of rights, both in terms of the literary property, and the securing and preparation of the location. The staff of Artangel were exceptionally dedicated and well-experienced in securing permissions, and organizing all the things to make this experience an amazingly rich and satisfying artistic experience.

Steenbeckett was produced at an extremely busy time in my life. I was simultaneously directing an opera and in the midst of finishing a feature film. Artangel was able to accommodate my schedule, and was completely understanding of my needs. This has been an extremely gratifying and memorable journey, and I am indebted to the vision of Artangel in making this possible.

In fact, Artangel can make anything possible!