Friday 13 January 2012

MY TOP TEN favorite DAVID CRONENBERG films

 CHOICE CUTS
Every friday I select one of my favorite film directors, and yes you guessed it I make a list. This weeks prime cuts come from Canadian cult director  David Cronenberg. It was the films of  Cronenberg  that reinvigorated the horror genre during the seventies and eighties, his work was and still is inspired by the writing of William S Bourroughs, J. G. Ballard and Vladimir Nabokov, hence his continual use of symbolism  and his interpretation of science, social intercourse and the mental deconstructing of his characters, not forgetting the ever present undercurrent of psycho-sexual tension. And when he's feeling lazy the overt displays of sexuality. These characteristics have since became the blueprint of the modern horror genre.

1. SCANNERS [1981]

2. VIDEODROME [1983]

3. THE FLY [1986]

4. DEAD RINGERS [1988]

5. NAKED LUNCH [1991]

6. CRASH [1996]

7. RABID [1977]

8. EXISTENZ [1999]

9. SHIVERS [1975]

10. THE BROOD [1979]



                  SCANNERS

                  RABID: Rabid exploited the unexpected acting talents of porn star Marilyn Chambers. Who was the second choice after Sissy Spacek dropped out.       

                  STEREO [1969]
A little extra tip bit for you to enjoy. A taste to of things to come extastensial sci-fi

Also  checkout CRONENBERG'S principal cinematographer Peter Suschitzky most recent work, Dangerous Method and the up and coming COSMOPOLIS starring none other than Robert TWILIGHT Pattinson.





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