Article: Paul Cowan's inouisitive eye: war games porn stars and the Ghosts of Westray.(cinematographer)(Interview)

PAUL COWAN WHOSE EMOTIONALLY CHARGED, INVENTIVELY CRAFTED FILM WESTRAY TOOK THIS YEAR'S GENIE FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY, SEES MOVIEMAKING AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP INTO LIVES RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM HIS OWN. COWAN SAYS THAT THE WANDERER IN HIM KICKED IN WHEN HE WAS A SUBURBAN TORONTO TEENAGER, AND HE DID THINGS LIKE "TAKE A BUS TO NEW YORK TO HANG OUT WITH THE WEIRDOS, THE PROSTITUTES AND PIMPS DOWN IN GREENWICH VILLAGE. I WAS IN HEAVEN." EVEN TODAY, LIVING IN THE COMFORTABLE MONTREAL HOME HE SHARES WITH TWO DAUGHTERS AND HIS WIFE OF 20 YEARS, CBC RADIO ONE JAZZ HOST KATIE MALLOCH, COWAN STILL HAS THAT INEXPLICABLE URGE. "I'M JUST A DABBLER IN LIFE," HE TOLD ME AFTER THE ...

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