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.
A man walks down the street in that hat, people know he's not afraid of anything.
Wash ,'The Message'
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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.
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.
Kathy A - Oct 05, 2005 7:43:35 am PDT #7726 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think that The Dead Zone is the only Cronenberg film I've seen in its entirety (I've always managed to stumble across Dead Ringers on TV about an hour or so into it, and I never stick around because I'm not following the story).
Volans - Oct 05, 2005 7:52:22 am PDT #7727 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I'm lame; I never realized that The Dead Zone and M. Butterfly were Cronenburg.
Of course, it's a good day when I don't confuse Cronenburg and Lynch. I think that comes from seeing Eraserhead and Videodrome at the same time.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 05, 2005 8:01:10 am PDT #7728 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
I'm happily surprised you're not confined to a rubber room after that double feature. First and only viewing of Eraserhead cost me THREE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
tommyrot - Oct 05, 2005 8:02:54 am PDT #7729 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Just cut them up like regular chickens.
Volans - Oct 05, 2005 8:05:15 am PDT #7730 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I was the only one not chemically altered for the viewing, and those who were had it worse I think. I didn't have sleepless nights, but I couldn't quite relate to the world normally for a week or so.
I'm just glad no one suggested A Clockwork Orange as well.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 05, 2005 9:18:38 am PDT #7731 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Just cut them up like regular chickens.
Damndest little things.
Of course, it's a good day when I don't confuse Cronenburg and Lynch. I think that comes from seeing Eraserhead and Videodrome at the same time.
Heh. Love them both, but that's like the double bill from hell. Eraserhead is probably the only movie that could make Videodrome seem relatively coherent.
I'm lame; I never realized that The Dead Zone and M. Butterfly were Cronenburg.
Well, neither is really a typical film for him (see also the new one, apparently).
quester - Oct 06, 2005 5:20:15 pm PDT #7732 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Kate P. - Oct 06, 2005 5:31:02 pm PDT #7733 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Awesome!