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Director: David Cronenberg
Cronenberg is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. He is well regarded as one of the masters of the body horror genre, if not credited for flat out inventing it. This particular subgenre explores people’s fears of sexuality, bodily transformation, and outright infection.
In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. While many directors become more subtle with their later films, Cronenberg is surprisingly just as effective no matter what his method.
A History of Violence + Out of the Past
Men with questionable pasts. Coffee and Pie. Multiple interpretations of the title. Joey and Tom. The longer a film is great, the harder you expect it to fail. Edie Stall is making it happen. The action and brutality in A … Continue reading
The Trial + Naked Lunch
A Franz Kafka and William S Burroughs double feature. The double feature itself is Kafkaesque. Orson Well’s The Trial. Spoken word credits! Kafka and grammar. Bleak, hopeless, confusing and everyone hates you. There are no breaks in surrealism! Before the … Continue reading
Altered States + The Fly
Mad scientists! Dubious science. What’s a spoiler? http://google.com/images?q=ken+russell is what you need to know. Trying to figure out Ken Russell’s Altered States from 1980. Behind the scenes at Double Feature. Michael doesn’t know what to do! William Hurt. Blair Brown. … Continue reading
Scanners + Eastern Promises
Two incredible David Cronenberg films. Scanners and the old stuff. Eastern Promises and the new stuff. A bit about Mr. Cronenberg before talking films. Body horror. Sexuality. Medicine, drugs and psychology. Being dropped into a world with no guide. Writing … Continue reading