Huh. That theme is fascinating to me. I don't think I've seen a Cronenberg film other than eXistenZ, which I loved.
You need to see Videodrome. Also a key cyberpunk text. Also, young Debby Harry.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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DavidS - Oct 04, 2005 5:35:24 pm PDT #7716 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Gandalfe - Oct 04, 2005 5:51:54 pm PDT #7717 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Also, young Debby Harry.
Also, IIRC, young NAKED Debbie Harry.
Gandalfe - Oct 04, 2005 5:55:18 pm PDT #7718 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
I don't think I've seen a Cronenberg film other than eXistenZ, which I loved.
The Fly.
Strega - Oct 04, 2005 6:53:17 pm PDT #7719 of 10002
Rabid!
P.M. Marc - Oct 04, 2005 7:10:29 pm PDT #7720 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Dead Ringers!
Which I still think was Jeremy Irons' best work.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 04, 2005 7:28:14 pm PDT #7721 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The Brood!
Lee - Oct 04, 2005 7:29:52 pm PDT #7722 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Dead Ringers!
Which I still think was Jeremy Irons' best work.
Oh, hell, yes!
P.M. Marc - Oct 04, 2005 7:49:03 pm PDT #7723 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh, hell, yes!
At some point, my brain was *certain* that they really were two separate people...
...and I was watching the thing *because* of Jeremy Irons.
Lee - Oct 04, 2005 8:03:14 pm PDT #7724 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yep. I was impressed that I could tell which twin he was playing very quickly in the movie, but just blown away when I realized I could tell he was one twin pretending to be the other twin.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 05, 2005 3:54:58 am PDT #7725 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
That theme is fascinating to me.
SPIDER, VIDEODROME, NAKED LUNCH, and even THE DEAD ZONE all pretty much map directly to it from a very subjective POV (along with eXistenZ).
CRASH, M. BUTTERFLY and DEAD RINGERS map to it more indirectly, and from a much more omniscient POV.
His other films (especially the first four) are more about mind/body issues, and lotsa mutations (not that you don't get mutations in some of the others).
While he's talked about being influenced by Burroughs and Nabakov, he's also mentioned Philip K. Dick, and that influence really shows.