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Freud'n'Gore: The Works of David Cronenberg
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darth_frared
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Date Posted:
10/23/07 2:40am
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Freud'n'Gore: The Works of David Cronenberg
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this week is the UK premiere of Eastern Promises so i was thinking it's a good time to discuss cronenberg a little bit, not counting, of course that the new film has already been released everywhere else. oh well.
i hope some of you enjoy his oeuvre (i have yet to be disappointed) and are willing to share their views here.
so, take it away 
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KissMeImARebel
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10/23/07 3:54am
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Cronenberg is great. I love his remake of The Fly. Eastern Promises was good - hope the UK enjoys it.
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Zaz
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10/23/07 7:12am
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"Scanners" is typical early Cronenberg...rock-bottom production values, and terrible acting...except for Michael Ironside...but fascinating anyway.
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Rogue1-and-a-half
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10/23/07 8:25am
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I've seen The Fly and The Dead Zone, both of which were interesting. The Fly crossed over into absolute greatness; The Dead Zone had two great performances and a great score, but not enough time to tell the story even half right, which wasn't Cronenberg's fault I guess.
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Zaz
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10/23/07 3:45pm
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Cronenberg still makes his movies in Toronto, I think.
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darth_frared
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i think for a history of violence he went to alberta or something.
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Zaz
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The point is, he hasn't gone Hollywood.
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darth_frared
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is that good or bad?
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General_Dodonna
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Controversial Claim 1: Cronenberg is one of the five greatest living and working directors.
Controversial Claim 2: VIDEODROME is one of the three greatest films of the 1980s.
Controversial Claim 3: Despite not being an American, Cronenberg understands America better than contemporaries like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese.
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wild_karrde
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10/23/07 11:13pm
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To this day, when someone says they just say the movie Crash I always think they're talking about the Cronnenberg one and not the new one from last year, haha.
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Zaz
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10/24/07 2:07pm
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Me, too, actually. It's a better movie, too.
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darth_frared
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10/24/07 2:42pm
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and it's fun when you get to describe the cronenberg movie. never fails to shock 
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Zaz
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11/19/07 10:22pm
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Cronenberg's work is very variable, but dull he's not.
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darth_paul
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11/19/07 11:04pm
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The only Cronenberg I've seen is Spider. It was, umm, not my cup of tea.
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Zaz
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1/2 10:52pm
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From Wired.com: An Interview with David Cronenberg
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JohnWesleyDowney
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I'm with Rogue, the Fly and the Dead Zone, wow, sensational movies.
I especially like that line in Dead Zone:
THE ICE IS GONNA BREAK!
 One of Christopher Walken's best performances.
Interesting combo, I liked Cronenberg + Stephen King
I believe Mel Brooks Executive Produced The Fly for Cronenberg, and it's one of the best sci-fi films of the 80s. YMMV.
Originally, by the way, The Fly was going to be directed by Tim Burton, according to the Fly's wikipedia page. And there's a scene in Beetlejuice where Michael Keaton is dragging away a fly screaming "help me, help me", a reference to the 1958 Fly film.
More interesting stuff on Cronenberg's the Fly:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)
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