I laughed a few times
― it bangs for thee (Simon H.), Friday, 27 November 2020 02:14 (three years ago) link
Somehow I'd enjoy it more if Cronenberg's offspring made fluffy romcoms.
― xmas with hatt mancock (Matt #2), Friday, 27 November 2020 09:20 (three years ago) link
Crash Into Me
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Friday, 27 November 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
saw The Dead Zone for the first time, liked it more than I though I would
― Dan S, Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
It's my favourite Cronenberg, and would be my favourite King adaptation if The Shining didn't exist.
― Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:51 (three years ago) link
To this day, my sister still refers to The Dead Zone as "that movie with the scissors."
― Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:52 (three years ago) link
it has an unsettling mood, like the moment WAlken gets a headache on the rollercoaster.
plus we have our own President Stillson now
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 December 2020 00:59 (three years ago) link
Except Tr*mp would feel no shame about having used a toddler as a human shield.
― Langdon Alger Stole the Highlights (cryptosicko), Thursday, 17 December 2020 01:01 (three years ago) link
THAT BABY WAS A RINO!!!
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 December 2020 01:02 (three years ago) link
i watched shivers the other day and thought it was excellent
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Thursday, 17 December 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link
gooood that one creeped me out
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 17 December 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
https://www.indiewire.com/2021/04/david-cronenberg-sci-fi-movie-crimes-of-the-future-shoot-1234633841/
― In my house are many Manchins (WmC), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
The original Crimes of the Future is my favourite film of his, maybe my favourite of all time. The article implies the new film only shares its title, but doesn't provide any other details?
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
Here to remind you that David Cronenberg had the best and most David Cronenberg take on streaming vs. theatrical: pic.twitter.com/3rkKsweHxB— Jane Schoenbrun (@janeschoenbrun) April 28, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 April 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
I still can't figure out if this new one relates at all to the old "Crimes" which is awesome
https://variety.com/2021/film/global/david-cronenberg-crimes-of-the-future-viggo-mortensen-1235033420/
According to promotional materials, the film takes a deep dive into the not-so-distant future where humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis known as “Accelerated Evolution Syndrome” that alters their biological makeup. While some embrace the limitless potential of “transhumanism,” others attempt to police it.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
From the list of performers, it sounds as if he is reusing the general premise of biological metamorphosis, but not that all the women in the world have died from "Rouge's Malady".
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 21:57 (two years ago) link
So I guess the "Dead Ringers" series is really going forward, huh?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 22:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVX7df79BNo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGwtPfjt9Zc
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 14 April 2022 13:04 (two years ago) link
amazing.
like how the international trailer has more sex...but also more "techno" music.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 14 April 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
With opening credits just like The Patty Duke Show, I assume.
― clemenza, Thursday, 14 April 2022 22:30 (two years ago) link
"Gynos . . . Identical gynos . . ."
― nickn, Friday, 15 April 2022 00:12 (two years ago) link
It looks like one of his more extreme gothic retro-future body horror films. I know I will have to watch it but this stuff makes me feel bad
― Dan S, Friday, 15 April 2022 00:20 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veBhrS9Dkmk
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 16 May 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
so great
― dan selzer, Monday, 16 May 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
It looks like one of his more extreme gothic retro-future body horror films. I know I will have to watch it but this stuff makes me feel bad― Dan S, Thursday, April 14, 2022 8:20 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Dan S, Thursday, April 14, 2022 8:20 PM (one month ago) bookmarkflaglink
I know just while watching it I was worried whether my tetanus booster was up to date.
So wait, Lamarck was right?
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Saturday, 4 June 2022 22:15 (one year ago) link
tomorrow!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 4 June 2022 23:02 (one year ago) link
Second-tier Cronenberg, but what a treat to watch a film interrogating what constitutes sexual pleasure and why we would want to munch on plastic.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 June 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
this made me lol
This guy is up to NO GOOD pic.twitter.com/taAe0SNhSq— Patrick Fisackerly (@fisackerly) June 5, 2022
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 6 June 2022 22:10 (one year ago) link
Hey that's me! (Not really, but I shouldn't be surprised I couldn't meet a single guy even if I offered a finder's fee.)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 6 June 2022 23:53 (one year ago) link
just rewatched the trailer and that's probably enough for me
I'm glad he's revisiting the early material, but...
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 00:35 (one year ago) link
this is top tier croneyboney for me, though admittedly i have seen only the wrong cronenberg films. haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since i got out of the theater last night. transhumanism through art surgery and consuming microplastics. my favorite movie of the year so far
the scenes where you get a glimpse of the wholemicrocosm of surgical artists (a surgical arts scene lol) were so funny. the whole movie was so funny
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 13:10 (one year ago) link
Second-tier for me -- the movie sorta just stops -- but like you I haven't stopped thinking about it, maybe his best recent techno-queer film.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 13:15 (one year ago) link
lol sorry -- I forgot I responded on Monday.
wasn't the Ear Guy dance sequence hot as fuck?
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 13:16 (one year ago) link
So is Cronenberg the first director to use the same title twice for a film that is neither a sequel nor a remake?
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 14:31 (one year ago) link
I'd say Mati Diop's Atlantiques (documentary short) and Atlantics (fiction feature) have the same name but ymmv.
― WmC, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
oh also this movie confirmed for me that kristen stewart as an actor is chaotic good jared leto and personally i'm a fan, glad she got to be a strange little weirdo in this film
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 19:19 (one year ago) link
She's hilarious.
Viggo 4ever. So happy he's part of Cronenberg's world.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 19:25 (one year ago) link
Have you seen Underwater? It rules (think Hellboy crossed with The Abyss) and she's great in it.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
I really get irrationally angry anytime people make Twilight jokes about her or Patterson as both have emerged as solid actors.
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
I need to see this. Underwater is good fun. Stewart is incredible in Personal Shopper.
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
She's been good to excellent for a decade.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 19:38 (one year ago) link
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, June 8, 2022 12:30 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
i have not watched this movie bc tj miller is in it and no movie no matter how great it is otherwise can survive the presence of tj miller
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 19:38 (one year ago) link
this movie is like what if the art crime cyberpunk thing happening in the background of bowie's outside were actually cool and worth thinking about
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 20:00 (one year ago) link
i can't tell if my takes on this movie are bad or not but it had a profound effect on me
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
ha -- I wrote down "Damien Hirst" but couldn't figure out how he fit.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link
even tho k stew gives the best performance my favorite minor characters were the lesbian drill assassins who had a sensual lust for/were operating on behalf of(?) the tech modulating viggo's body
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
I like the idea of the Bowie character in the album playing Detective Cope...and Stewart as Algeria Touchshriek.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
I am Ramona A. Stone.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 8 June 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
i finally got my butt to the theater tonight, and then read this afterward:
https://www.artforum.com/print/202206/amy-taubin-talks-with-david-cronenberg-about-crimes-of-the-future-88615
this pull quote from that interview is a good one: “At what point can you no longer claim to be a person or a human? This question is certainly in the film.” —David Cronenberg
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 10 June 2022 03:56 (one year ago) link