cronenbergesque typo
trades barbs with his scowling body guard (Kevin Durand), while making vein attempts to ignore the Occupy-like protestors
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
I find the sum of these reactions encouraging
http://www.fandor.com/blog/daily-cannes-2012-david-cronenbergs-cosmopolis/
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:28 (11 months ago) Permalink
As do I. Aren't we all getting tired of Cronenberg movies that everybody likes by now?
(Not sarcasm, in case that was unclear.)
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:31 (11 months ago) Permalink
No. I will never be tired of The Fly. It's sort of got that "gets better with age" thing built in that way.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:34 (11 months ago) Permalink
Ok, ok... I have to give you that one. The more time I see The Fly, the more I'm convinced that it's almost perfect. The first 15 minutes alone, with twitchy Goldblum hitting on silky Gena, are worth the whole movie.
― cue "White Rabbit" (kenan), Friday, 25 May 2012 17:37 (11 months ago) Permalink
coming in 2013/14, a TIFF-created touring exhibition, plus a "multi-platform augmented reality game."
http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/05/david-cronenberg-to-infect-toronto-in-new-travelling-exhibition.php
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
watched the brood last night. almost barfed at the demon womb sac.
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:27 (11 months ago) Permalink
so 1997
xpost
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 29, 2012 10:22 AM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the conservative gov't here slashed film production massively and put a shit ton of money into this video game
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:39 (11 months ago) Permalink
Through the presentation of artifacts, props, documentation and audio-visual interviews, as well as reconstructed set-pieces from Cronenberg's films, the exhibition parallels his growth as a filmmaker with his ongoing examination and interpretation of human evolutionary possibilities, tracing his work from a focus on biological change towards examinations of shifting psychological states. A parallel art project based on the same themes will be announced at a later date.
this all sounds very excessive, self-regarding, and absurd.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
tbh i have no problem with them doing a cronie exhibit (makes way more sense than the tim burton one they launched the lightbox with) but this is getting ridic
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
tracing his work from a focus on biological change towards examinations of shifting psychological states
somehow framing it this systematically/schematic and making it the linchpin of a museum exhibit is just kind of embarrassing.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:55 (11 months ago) Permalink
could just be the way the exhibit was written up, these kinds of things usually sound terrible
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
Ah, I get it now.
being young = being afraid of your body deterioratingbeing old = being afraid of your mind deteriorating
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
actually both of those are really "being old"
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 14:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
I revise:
being young = loving movies about being afraid of your body deterioratingbeing old = loving movies about being afraid of your mind deteriorating
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:05 (11 months ago) Permalink
being somewhere in between = writing program notes for museum exhibitions
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
press releases ain't program notes (we hope).
DC is as much about mutation as deterioration, no?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
yeah, long live the new flesh and all that
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:43 (11 months ago) Permalink
I do often think of him when a smartphone with a selfish asshole attached is blocking the subway stairs.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:47 (11 months ago) Permalink
iirc 'the smartphone with a selfish asshole' was one of the skits cut from naked lunch
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 15:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
watched cosmopolis at the w/end - never seen so many people walk out of a film, seriously. it is exceptionally boring, but somehow more Cronenbergian than the pallid heritage cinema of 'Dangerous Method'
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 08:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
hah
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
nooooooo
― mh, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
lol @ "exceptionally boring"
That's become my baseline expectation of new Cronenberg movies
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
I liked aspects of it, but it's probably his least accessible movie ever, and yes, *many* walkouts. Also, he doesn't handle digital very well.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 19 June 2012 13:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
what did he drop the camera or something?
― brony ver (s1ocki), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
From the never tedious IMDB message board:
"I haven't had this less fun since I watched Synecdoche New York!"
In other words, I'm sold!
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:21 (11 months ago) Permalink
Fowler and Eric, go sit in the corner
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
Synecdoche was great!
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:45 (11 months ago) Permalink
Synecdoche might still be the best film of the last 5 years.
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:49 (11 months ago) Permalink
lot of good stuff in it, but crazee talk
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
It's that or The Tree of Life, according to Ebert.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:51 (11 months ago) Permalink
or prometheus
― brony ver (s1ocki), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:51 (11 months ago) Permalink
maybe Juno
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:52 (11 months ago) Permalink
what a guy.
― brony ver (s1ocki), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:53 (11 months ago) Permalink
half the time I love and appreciate Ebert, and then I just wonder what the hell he is thinking the other part
― mh, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:54 (11 months ago) Permalink
Gotta admit I was bummed when Ebert chose Tree of Life over Synecdoche for his S&S list, but if I'd been through what he'd been through lately perhaps new age hokum would be more appealing to me than something as beautifully miserable as Synecdoche.
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
Synechdoche kind of falls down in the last third (agree w Morbz, in general)
― a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:58 (11 months ago) Permalink
kind of want to punch anyone that refers to Tree of Life as "new age hokum" a hundred thousand times in the face.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 15:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
BUT, different thread.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:00 (11 months ago) Permalink
Take yr best shot :-)
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:00 (11 months ago) Permalink
In fairness, I *like* TOL on balance...I just woulda liked it better if it were just the 50's coming of age stuff without an introductory half hour of pretty screen-savers and the last half hour of dead people walking on a beach.
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:01 (11 months ago) Permalink
creation sequence is awes fuiud. more ambivalent about the ending, but interesting stuff there and hey it's only 15 or so minutes iirc.
even more psyched for Cosmopolis now tbh.
― Fas Ro Duh (Gukbe), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:06 (11 months ago) Permalink
me tooi just expect to feel a certain kind of bored-but-not-bored feeling when watching cronenberg films, and i like it
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
i think most Canadian filmmakers are dealing in how to dramatize boredom/the boring on one level or another
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:18 (11 months ago) Permalink
but interesting stuff there and hey it's only 15 or so minutes iirc.
6 or 7 tops.
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:28 (11 months ago) Permalink
6 or 7 tops
Oooh. What are their names?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:50 (11 months ago) Permalink
Chaz, Bo, Dunk, Tad, Bluto, Swain, and Tia
― old people are made of poop (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:56 (11 months ago) Permalink
MY GOD this was tedious
― Number None, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 16:56 (11 months ago) Permalink