I was just watching Naked Lunch the other night - he's funny/weird/off-putting in that, too.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 3 January 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
Well this looks weird. And not the good kind of weird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAWi6i4cmpE
― Number None, Monday, 14 April 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
that just looks like a shitty thrown-together trailer
many of the simple shots in it seem very cronenbergian
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:17 (ten years ago) link
he really has such a specific way of framing one-shots
i mean recognizable
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
not gonna watch it if it's that thrown-together
― a strange man (mh), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 15:24 (ten years ago) link
never saw Cosmopolis cuz of all the haterade (also not a DeLillo fan in general)
wish he would dip back into sci-fi or horror. Freud film was an acceptable detour, tho it felt like small stakes.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
I can't get the page to load, but apparently Criterion's announced at least Scanners (hopefully The Brood as well) as part of their July lineup.
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 22:39 (ten years ago) link
Just Scanners from what I saw.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link
It does include his first film, Stereo, though.
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 22:42 (ten years ago) link
Oh, neat. Maybe Crimes of the Future is being saved for the Brood disc? Those two are available on the R1 blu-ray of Fast Company, but if Criterion have managed to get commentaries for them I'll be ecstatic. Cronenberg is one of the all-time commentary track champions IMO.
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 22:44 (ten years ago) link
here are the extras:
The “Scanners” Way, a new documentary on the film’s special effectsNew interview with actor Michael IronsideThe Ephemerol Diaries, a 2012 interview with actor and artist Stephen LackExcerpt from a 1981 interview with Cronenberg on the CBC’s The Bob McLean ShowStereo (1969), Cronenberg’s first feature filmTrailerPLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kim Newman
― Insane Prince of False Binaries (Gukbe), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
Oh wow. That cover design!
http://www.diabolikdvd.com/imgproduct/dab365c12bf05e22e0eb5df3b75b2212.jpg
― CAROUSEL! CAROUSEL! (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
cover is better than the movie lol
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 15 April 2014 23:05 (ten years ago) link
brood is hilarious, would make a great double bill with possesion.
― nauru, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
Les Carlson, who played Barry Convex, the evil head of the Spectacular Optical Corp., in David Cronenberg’s hallucinatory sci-fi classic Videodrome, died May 3 at his home in Toronto.... Carlson also appeared in three other Cronenberg projects—as an intimidated newspaper editor in The Dead Zone (1983); as a doctor in the Jeff Goldblum starrer The Fly (1986); and as an aging actor in Camera (2000), one of a series of short films produced for the 25th anniversary celebration of the Toronto International Film Festival.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/videodrome-actor-les-carlson-dies-703127
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link
:(
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
camera was great.
RIP
super-creepy in Videodrome
― Οὖτις, Monday, 12 May 2014 15:46 (ten years ago) link
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― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, April 15, 2014 10:17 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
and lighting them, i think
― espring (amateurist), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:48 (ten years ago) link
for sure
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
His death scene in Videodrome ranks near the top of Cronenberg's most horrifying visions.
― Diddley Hollyberry (Phil D.), Monday, 12 May 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
so far the major dissenter on Maps to the Stars is the guy who wrote the 'Showgirls is great' book ... I'm seeing it tom'w.
http://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-nyff-2014-david-cronenbergs-maps-to-the-stars
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
He is definitely NOT the only dissenter.
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 16:00 (nine years ago) link
uh, yeah.
i actually didn't like the book as much as i was hoping, but it is interesting and thoughtful. and adam nayman is very smart.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
and the film does look terrible. but who knows?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
yeah E i just meant in that roundup so far
im fine if everyone who likes Showgirls hates it
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 16:05 (nine years ago) link
his last short was probably better than this
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 September 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
Anyone else read Cronenberg's new novel, Consumed? It is great -- and so, so classic Cronenberg -- and if the internet is to be believed, being filmed.
― The Thnig, Friday, 26 September 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
he wrote a novel?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
yes; most reviews haven't been as kind as The Thnig's.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
I tried to read a sample chapter online; it came off like a really up-its-own-ass airport thriller.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 26 September 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
i have no idea whether i'll like this new film, but i am kind of glad that someone punctured the idea of latter-day cronenberg as artistically infallible, which i think has become dogma in some quarters. i think history of violence and to a slightly lesser extent eastern promises are masterpieces, but the delillo film just felt unforgivably smug somehow... the new one looks like it could go in the same direction, what with all the blasts at hollywood etc. but who knows! sometimes the saving grace of a film that would otherwise be heavy-handed is its strangeness. maybe cronenberg will come through on that score.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 18:59 (nine years ago) link
btw morbs adam nayman's take on showgirls is rather sophisticated and complex, by no means does he think it's without serious problems. his book is as ,much a reflection on what produced the varying reactions to the film as a defense of the film itself.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
i still think the book reads like a first draft, though, and it needed more research as opposed to opinion. it was a disappointment, frankly, but his thoughts on the film are still worth taking srsly.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:01 (nine years ago) link
I found the car movie pretty unsmug and quite adventurous (tho it loses a lot once the ride is over;, AhoV just seemed too obvious in its thesis/themes to me. Still haven't seen Eastern Promises.
Not sure I've read much of Nayman, i haven't listened to his Cinephiliacs episode yet either. Just damn, of all the films to write a whole book about...
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
(I see he really liked All Is Lost tho, so kudos)
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
Shut up.
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m38x2qep7N1r2u9p7.gif
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
what the fuck is your problem lately, btw?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
Um, I'm Nomi Malone?
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
of all the films to write a whole book about...
well, again, keep in mind that he's writing as much about the film's reception as the film itself. whatever you think of showgirls, the almost universal disgust that greeted its debut, followed by several waves of differently-styled reconsiderations, etc. -- that's an interesting story, i think.
i am not particularly high on the film myself but it does have some real virtues.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:27 (nine years ago) link
i mean honestly "showgirls" is at least as interesting a film to write about as something more obviously packaged for critical exegesis like "safe" (to name a film that i think came out in the same year!)
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
Also, btw Morbs, the market is ready, ripe and set for a blistering un-revisionist take on the 'girls.
― Eric H., Friday, 26 September 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
I haven't read any reviews of Consumed, but I thought it was pretty damn good. If it hadn't been written by Cronenberg, I think it would've gotten a lot of positive "hang on now what is THIS?" from the folks-who-like-disturbing-books crowds. As it is, though, it does run through his obsessions in a rather checklist-type fashion.
― The Thnig, Friday, 26 September 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
well, Maps is not a date movie. The Loved One turned up to 11.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 03:45 (nine years ago) link
About a third of the sick jokes land (which is a lot, actually) but by the last half-hour it just feels like a shock pileup, and you can see several of the final transgressions coming five miles away. JuMoore is very funny, and Mia Wasikwhatzki and the kid, Evan Bird, who plays the jaded rehabbed 13-yo child star are both very good too. I feel very much about it the way I did A History of Violence; brilliantly made but just too overdetermined and cartoonish.
and to get really Hollywood about it, omg Carrie Fisher's face.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
I can probably handle it if it's someone like Moore acting batshit, and not William Hurt.
― Eric H., Monday, 29 September 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
well her role's a lot bigger than Hurt's.
Pattinson glum aspirational actor-chauffeur is subsidiary, seems almost like he did it as a favor to Croney.
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
dangerous method is the real nadir of latter-day cronenberg, imho - so lifeless and cheap-looking
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Monday, 29 September 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link