| Anybody here like the films of David Cronenberg?
Posted: 6/30/2009 8:31:51 PM | | For some weird reason, I have been on a Cronenberg-binge this past week. I've just been watching as much Cronenberg as possible, especially the stuff he made before "Naked Lunch." I just bought the two disc Criterion of "Videodrome," one of my all time favorite movies, and I think it's awesome. His older stuff from Canada like "The Brood" and "Shivers" are also goo, but very disgusting. And personally, I think his version of "The Fly" is much better than the old one with Vincent Price. | |
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| Anybody here like the films of David Cronenberg?
Posted: 7/3/2009 5:40:25 AM | | I liked his movie version of the Dead Zone (1983) taken from the Stephen King novel of the same name. More recently, I enjoyed watching "A History Of Violence" (2005) and "Eastern Promises" (2007). | |
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| Anybody here like the films of David Cronenberg?
Posted: 7/5/2009 10:07:53 AM | I saw Eastern Promises last week on DVD. Not sure I kiled it. Too many weak plot holes with the baby.
I loved Dead Ringers, Videodrome, Shivers, Existenz & when he played the evil doctor in the mask in Nightbreed ... terrifying! | |
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| Anybody here like the films of David Cronenberg?
Posted: 7/6/2009 5:13:05 PM | Cronenberg has fairly consistently been an interesting artist, especially in how he deals with his obsession--the ways in which our own bodies can betray us. His version of THE FLY is one of the few remakes that actually improves on the original. I have really liked his most recent work as well (i.e. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE and EASTERN PROMISES).
I wrote about him in my book on Science Fiction Film Directors. | |
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| Anybody here like the films of David Cronenberg?
Posted: 7/7/2009 4:40:51 PM | Ah,
As soon as I saw this thread I thought "Nightbreed". I am definitely a fan of his directorial work. But, it's that crazy Dr. role I always think about when I see his name. | |
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| Anybody here like the films of David Cronenberg?
Posted: 7/8/2009 3:10:48 AM | David Cronenberg was one of my heroes when I was growing up - films like Videodrome, The Dead Zone and The Fly made a big impact on me when I saw them at school and university.
I remember watching Videodrome at the Valhalla in Northcote and being so delighted it was the uncut version (as opposed to the cut version released on video).
But I have been disappointed by his films since Crash - while they are good, they lack the special Cronenberg qualities I enjoyed in the 70s and 80s.
A History of Violence and Eastern Promises were just good gangster movies.
Will Cronenberg make one more special Cronenberg film? | |
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| Anybody here like the films of David Cronenberg?
Posted: 7/16/2009 1:13:55 AM | I liked "Scanners" and "History of Violence" and I think he's maybe the only director who ever would have been able to do a smidgen of justice to "Naked Lunch". I've not seen some of his movies (Crash, for instance) but generally I don't think he's a first-tier director. I've never understood what everybody sees in his Fly remake, to me it's underplotted and overwrought.
P.S. To be fair, I usually enjoy watching Cronenberg movies, I just don't think they're great art. Given that I'll admit I'm possibly being a bit harsh. | |
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