The Cronenberg Thread

agreeing with morbs omg

i feel dirtier than anything j.g. ballard ever cooked up

"Crash" is awesome if only for the pull-quote emblazoned on the DVD: " ...sex and car crashes ..." I chalk the movie up as a failed attempt at filming the unfilmable, a la "Naked Lunch," but like that one is has a lot going for it.

I've pretty much found something to like or love in all his films, save "Spider," which I never finished, and "M. Butterfly," which I've never seen. I think his somewhat overlooked masterpiece may be the short "Camera."

Hey, look!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQlQgzRyBfY

I've never seen History, for exactly the criticism Clemenza levels at it –– it seems technically skilled, elegant, and dull. I'll take unskilled, ugly, and interesting any day; somebody like Araki or Korine, even if I end up hating the film.

"technically skilled, elegant, and dull"

are yo usaying the first 2 ensure the 3rd?

I don't much like it, but it springs to life occasionally (eg, on the stairs).

I've avoided Eastern Promises, for the violence.

Well, I'd hold out for the hat trick (skilled, elegant, and exciting) but ... I wouldn't be watching a lot of movies. What I mean is that if I'm deciding between two films, and one of them is technically skilled and classically beautiful and looks a little inert, it would be a trailing second choice behind a movie that appears ugly, amateur, and exciting. I guess my main film-selecting rubric (especially given my background in LA) weighs dramatically/narratively interesting films more heavily than technically sparkling and well-composed ones.

I also hate being "shocked" or "moved" by watching people doing new iterations of old terrible things to each other. My taste doesn't see it as enlightening, just as shit-wallowing. I love Cronenberg's early career, but he lost me with Spider, and History of Violence didn't seem to be the film to bring me back into the fold.

the bello-viggo stuff IS great, and led to me being disappointed that bello hasnt appeared in anything substantial since then...

US prime suspect! cautiously optimistic over here.

aaaand 'the cooler' heh

"The Cooler" was 2 years earlier, even.

Remember Hello in Towelhead? No? You're lucky then.

Bello. Stupid phone.

"Cosmopolis is an upcoming drama film starring Robert Pattinson and directed by David Cronenberg"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolis_%28film%29

"do the worm on acropolis. slamdance cosmopolis."

on Freud, Jung etc:

http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-11-16/film/freudian-trip-in-dialogue-with-david-cronenberg/

has anyone seen that Last Jew in the World short that's mentioned?

I can guiltily say I enjoyed Cosmopolis as a book and await Cronenberg's treatment

NYC retro in a few weeks kicks off w/ appearance by the man himself:

http://www.movingimage.us/films/2012/01/21/detail/david-cronenberg/

I'm really bummed that we're heading to a city big enough to show his new one, but two weeks before it opens. ;_;

i watched rabid p recently -- was impressed @ how many set ups, etc there were, it seemed v v professional for an "early" work. think i like shivers more though

also cronenberg talks abt marilyn chambers boyfriend being around the set @ carrying a gun -- i think this is artie mitchell right? idk i thought that was interesting

Rewatched Eastern Promises over the festive season and liked it as much as the first time round. Going to rewatch A History Of Violence before the Freud/Jung one reaches here in February.

There was definitely money behind Rabid. Even the choice of Chambers...I remember reading that the producers or whomever really thought it was going to be a big smash. Cronenberg wanted Sissy Spacek for the role.

yeah Shivers is better

finally seeing A Dangerous Method on Tuesday

On the differing "impossible adaptations" of Naked Lunch and Crash

http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/migrating-forms-20120203

I should rewatch Crash. I really like Cronenberg's Naked Lunch!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DCFB-WPe9Ic

HAahah .... ok but guys what was that fucking dinosaur was doing there.....hats off 2 u robbiiiee love u
Rafarish1 26 minutes ago

holly freaking molly!!! is this R-rated or what?? .. It'd be so awkward to watch this with my buddies. They will think that I am sexually addict...lol!!
jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago

*HYPERVENTILATES* ROBERT! ooh I am so dead just looking at him in this teaser trailer! 
gshivy123 2 hours ago

Well I'm sad now I'm only eleven can't see it :( get the trenchcoat
MissBethanyCullen 1 minute ago

Back on track.

nah, I don't see many boring horror tropes there

http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2193-notes-from-a-videodrome-test-screening

^3rd time this has been posted

Is it just me or has David Cronenberg, in an inversion of the Soderbergh formula, been making intellectually-minded critical favorites in order to gain the room in his career to produce what he REALLY loves, schlock exploitation flicks

'cause those are what brings in bank

man this looks sick as hell. i dont even like the book and had no expectations for this, but now...

for real

daaaaaaamn

what are the "schlock exploitation flicks"?

I like the book! This teaser video makes it look like it's going to be a lot less sedate than Delillo's prose.

I finally saw A Dangerous Method and it was ok but not as great as I hoped? Really low-key for Cronenberg.

but see, Spelrein's head never exploded nor did Jung ever stomp anyone's eye out.

was hoping for more messed-up sex or sexual tension I guess

my fan edit has ten minutes of Videodrome edited into the middle for no particular reason

NN - Shivers? Videodrome? Dead Ringers? Crash? OK maybe "schlock exploitation" was the wrong phrase but more like.... sensationalist genre films are what he "gets" to do after making critically lauded mainstream movies, which is like the reverse of the normal directorial jujitsu

man this looks sick as hell. i dont even like the book and had no expectations for this, but now...

― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:42 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nah, I don't see many boring horror tropes there

What?

<3 & lol @ DON DELILLO flashing in neon

man this looks sick as hell. i dont even like the book and had no expectations for this, but now...

^^^^

looks way more exciting than Delillo's boring books

Paul Giamatti as the nemesis is a little too easy, but I'll wait n' see