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!@#$%! 06.09.2008 01:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atsonicpark
how is the brood hard to find? i bet i can check amazon.com now and get it for a dollar.


good for you

get me one

wait it's $10.49

o well.

DVD? i saw it on vhs i think. anyway, good.

but yeah you can get anything on amazon these days but good luck finding the brood at yr local walmart.

!@#$%! 06.09.2008 01:09 PM

and well here's everything no?

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&sear...d%20Cronenberg

i'd start w/ rabid. just cos i like the chronological approach.

from that list i'd get the directors series also, the shorts collection, shivers, and i had never seen or heard of fast company, i'd check that out too. resurrection? ??

anyway good stuff all.

atsonicpark 06.09.2008 06:34 PM

I did find the Brood at walmart in the $4.50 bin about 2 years ago.

It's released by a major movie studio; it's not hard to find in the least.

terminal pharmacy 06.09.2008 06:45 PM

cronenberg and howard shore are doing an opera version of the fly

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 06.09.2008 11:09 PM

Long Live The New Flesh

Derek 06.29.2008 04:08 PM

Okay bump time, must explain some of my ideas since I've seen a few more Cronenberg movies.

Rabid:
Awful acting, dull execution. I feel that I should like it, as it has everything in a movie that I like. I did really enjoy how it had more variety than Shivers (considering that movie is essentially only set in a hotel) and I also really enjoyed the real fucked up atmosphere of it. Marilyn Chambers' character is nuts, the way she feeds on these people with no real remorse or reconsideration. Definitely the worst Cronenberg I've seen but I wouldn't label it as bad.

Eastern Promises:
I, too, went into watching this thinking it'd be lame, but I was certainly surprised. No really interesting visuals, but the acting and the script were superb. My favourite scene was definitely the shower scene, oh and the superb plot twist, I would never have guessed it. I think I should watch it again and see if Cronenberg throws any subtle hints out that he's an undercover agent. Definitely the best newer Cronenberg I've seen (though I've admittedly not seen many newer works).

Crash:
His second best behind Videodrome on my list. The atmosphere displayed while they're racing up the highway is breathtaking. Howard Shore's soundtrack really does add to this, possibly my favourite film soundtrack. The way that these characters seem completely alien to the rest of the human race is interesting, in how the movie rejects any sort of relatable emotion. If you don't walk away from this movie feeling some unknown emotion that you can't explain then something is not right with you.

I'll write some thoughts up on some of his other movies later, not that any of you care haha.

Derek 12.09.2008 11:34 AM

Just saw A History of Violence. Fucking A+!

!@#$%! 12.09.2008 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek
Just saw A History of Violence. Fucking A+!


i liked eastern promises more than HOV maybe, but anyway, awesome, huh? congrats.

oh i saw eastern promises in a theatre not a dvd thats a big difference.

rabid was great, cmon, for the money spent you realize you can make maybe 1000 rabids with the budget for shit like those jenifer aniston dog movies, right?

atsonicpark 12.09.2008 12:21 PM

I've seen the last 3 Cronenberg films in theaters.

1. Videodrome
2. Dead Zone
3. Crash
4. Dead Ringers
5. Shivers
6. Naked Lunch
7. History of Violence
8. Scanners
9. The Brood
10. The Fly
11. Rabid
12. M. Butterfly
13. Existenz
14. Eastern Promises
15. Spider
16. Fast Company

Long live the new flesh doc:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6-ooJA1hk

Derek 12.09.2008 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!
i liked eastern promises more than HOV maybe, but anyway, awesome, huh? congrats.

oh i saw eastern promises in a theatre not a dvd thats a big difference.

rabid was great, cmon, for the money spent you realize you can make maybe 1000 rabids with the budget for shit like those jenifer aniston dog movies, right?

Well I'm not 18 yet, and all Cronenberg movies apart from Existenz and Spider are rated 18+ here, so I have difficulty seeing his movies in the theatre aha.

And I've actually been meaning to watch Rabid again. I think I just didn't like it because of the time and place that I watched it in.

atsonicpark 12.09.2008 12:39 PM

rabid kicks dick! Great film.

Derek 12.09.2008 12:40 PM

Hey, Existenz moved up A WHOLE TWO places in your ranking list! I love that film.

atsonicpark 12.09.2008 12:42 PM

Rice gun.

atsonicpark 12.09.2008 12:42 PM

And yeah my list changed a lot after going on a marathon Cronenberg session a while back, showing my friend all of his movies over the course of like 3 weeks.

Derek 12.09.2008 01:03 PM

Cronenberg movies I have not seen yet:
M. Butterfly
Spider
Fast Company


so i guess it's just the poopy ones i'm missing!

atsonicpark 12.09.2008 01:05 PM

Haha. Yeah, that's about right.

I am pretty sure that his super early shorts are on youtube.

Derek 12.09.2008 01:11 PM

yeah they are haha.

I don't OWN all of them though. I'd like to own his whole filmography actually.

deflinus 12.09.2008 05:33 PM

crash is fucking amazing. i can't describe that movie. it is insanely uncomfortable. and thats what makes it interesting.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead 12.09.2008 11:26 PM

I just watched the Brood last night with my friend. He watches horror all the time and almost had to leave at the birthing scene.

I'd say his movies fuck with your head more than anything.

Dead Ringers, Videodrome, and The Brood were good in that way
Scanners didn't fuck with my head so much as it was just a cool movie

The thing that really got me was in Dead Ringers where he has the instruments made

Derek 12.10.2008 11:32 AM

I watched The Brood last night also aha. Good shit.


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