He hasn't made a film in 6 years now. Does anyone know if he has put his directors hat down and moved on with life? I know he's older and his films were always relatively niche, but I looked at his filmography and noticed the gap.
shareHe's made a string of rather sub-par and pompous films since he's officially been recognised as an "auteur", circa the end of the 90's and after eXistenZ, became a film festival darling and started openly tackling more sociological themes. I found Cosmopolis and Maps To The Stars very, very dull.
I understand he was a student of Marshall McLuhan (who inspired Professor O'Blivion in Videodrome), and Cronenberg has clearly always been a very cerebral an intellectual film-maker from the start, but I find his films were much more powerful and profound when he stuck to the genre (fantastic / (body) horror).
Interesting. Thanks for the insight.
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