Wise Thoughts: Trigger, Bruce McDonald’s Cinematic Love Poem to Tracy Wright
Wyndham Wise, northernstars.ca, October 4, 2010

There are so many layers, fond references and back stories to Bruce McDonald’s latest film, Trigger, that it’s hard to know where to start. So let’s start with the obvious - it’s an 80-minute cinematic love poem to the late, ( Read more... )

What might have been Hard Core Logo sequel got fruitful sex changeOne of the most interesting things about Trigger, the story of two female rockers reuniting after a decade of estrangement, is that it started as a story about two men - men Canadian filmgoers have seen before. Director Bruce McDonald and screenplay writer Daniel MacIvor say the film ( Read more... )

TIFF: Molly Parker recounts the life-and-death hurdles making rock flick, Trigger
Katherine Monk, Postmedia News, posted to Vancouver Sun, Sept 13, 2010

TORONTO - Molly Parker covers her eyes and looks, for a split second, entirely bereft. She's talking about Tracy Wright, her colleague, peer and co-star in Bruce McDonald's new movie Trigger.

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Rock 'n' roll glory
Trigger is a showstopper with a poignant performance from the late Tracy Wright
Martin Morrow, CBC News, Sept 12, 2010

A few years ago, director Bruce McDonald made a film called The Tracey Fragments. His latest one, Trigger, could as easily have been titled The Tracy Tour-De-Force - the late Tracy Wright blazes brightly in ( Read more... )

How the film Trigger underwent a sex change
James Bradshaw, Toronto Globe & Mail, Sept 11, 2010

Bruce McDonald’s new movie Trigger will go down in TIFF history as the first film to screen at the new TIFF Bell Lightbox Sunday night, but without destiny’s intervention, it might have been a very different film indeed.

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What Tracy Wright Left Behind
Daniel MacIvor, Toronto Star, Sept 6, 2010 (cross-posted to his blog)

Toronto-born stage and screen actress Tracy Wright died of pancreatic cancer on June 22 at the age of 50. On Sept. 10, her final film, Trigger, will open the Bell Lightbox Theatre, permanent home of the Toronto International Film Festival. And ( Read more... )

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