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He’s on a roll!

posted 3 years ago by Drooch (5333)
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After 10 years of being unable to make and release a film, and aged nearly 80, Croney is back. Not only did he just release Crimes Of The Future, but now we hear he’s reteaming with Vincent Cassel for The Shrouds, about a guy connecting with the dead.

Crimes is getting quite mixed reviews so I don’t know if he’s losing his touch or if the world has become too stupid to appreciate Cronenberg. I’ve never seen a Crone that I haven’t enjoyed, even Cosmopolis, so I’m anxious to check it out but finding it difficult to track down.

I thought Crimes would be his mic drop but it looks like Vincent Cassel fucking a corpse is Cro-bag’s preferred final flourish. Or, if we’re really lucky, he’s still got a few more mutant abortions to throw at us before he hangs up the flesh-towel.

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

Still waiting to read your thoughts on Crimes lol.

Oo, I'm sort of hit or miss when it comes to Vincent Cassel but I'll have to keep my eye on that as well.

[–] Drooch (5333) 3 years ago

Have you seen it? What did you think?

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

Yup! I haven't followed Cronenberg, but this film caught my eye when I first heard about it. So I was curious how a fan would feel, since you seemed to be really excited about it.

I enjoyed it. I thought it took a bit too long to really get the viewer engaged: it was hard to make out some of the dialogue, the names, the environment, this world...it's all very alien despite it being "near future". I feel like it's unclear where the movie is even going, so you're kinda just on this ride...

But then halfway through, I feel like the worldbuilding pays off, and you start to make sense of what's going on, and by the time I got to the ending, I felt "robbed" because it was abrupt...but 1. honestly it was a very rewarding/fitting ending 2. my feeling of wanting more is probably just a testament to how invested I was into this world. But this world is a lot bigger than what can fit in the runtime.

Visually, I thought it was excellent. I like the strange sci-fi contraptions. I like the unabashedly violent and sexual content, the way they're woven together, and how it's all entangled with artistic expression. For me, it feels provocative, but at the same time, it didn't feel like shock for the sake of shock. I thought the movie was touching upon various themes about art, about technological advancement, and about human identity. I'm not sure it really commits to making any sort of definitive point, but I like the questions it raises. And I guess that really fits the ending. I wanted more...but perhaps giving the viewer more would be to give answers to questions that we don't have yet.