Crimes of the Future Interview: David Cronenberg Encourages Watching It at Home
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2022
- David Cronenberg is a king of big screen body horror and his newest release, Crimes of the Future, lets him use that skill set to the fullest - and then some.
The story takes place in the not-so-distant future when the body has adapted to the synthetic environment mankind created. Many have “accelerated evolution syndrome” like Viggo Mortensen’s Saul Tenser whose body continuously grows new organs. While these evolutionary changes are not widely accepted, there is a community that embraces them in the form of art. In Saul’s case, his partner Caprice (Léa Seydoux) removes these new organs surgically in front of a live crowd as performance art.
Check out this Crimes of the Future interview to hear all about Cronenberg and Scott Speedman's experience making the film, and to get Cronenberg's take on the future of movie theaters.
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Countless times in my life I unconsciously rewatched David's movies, and I was wondering how they were made to be rewatchable in many different states of mind.
Glad Perri got to do this interview.
Scott sure has quite the *spoiler scene haha I loved it
I actually just watched this movie last night on my iPhone 📲 lol
But seriously though I totally agree with him. Sometimes having the viewing screen right up-close to one’s face is actually much more immersive than being in a large sized theater. This movie being a fine example of that.
Loved this movie. The only thing I felt could have been changed or perhaps “added to” is the storyline itself. Maybe at the risk of it becoming a 2-2 1/2 hr movie. At the end I felt as though there definitely should have been a bit more. I wanted to see the world explored more. I felt a bit disappointed that the big reveal of the boy’s autopsy was taken from the audience. So we only got to scratch the surface in terms of where that world was heading towards with evolution.
The actor on the left kinda looks like Homelander, mostly the face
He looks exactly like actor Sam Jaeger
Michael Fassbender
My thoughts on "Crimes" is more of a deep-dive into the metaphorical meanings within Cronenberg's on-the-nose, satirical (albeit horrific) and sometimes humorous view of modern-day technology (ex: eating chair, sleeping bed, autopsy bed), exhibitionism and voyeurism (ex: Saul, Caprice, Timlin, two women with drills), pop culture (ex: Klinik/Ear Man, others), celebrity status (Saul and Caprice), and ultimately the "plastic" society that we have become (ex: plastic eaters, non-plastic eaters, and those "evolving" into eating plastic). There are also the "policing agencies" (Cope, Wippet, Timlin) that try to regulate and/or terminate humanities permanent decline into a meaningless existence of seeking out ever-greater, "shocking" sensualities (ex: government's attempts to regulate social media and the moral decline of society).
The story clearly identifies "plastic" as the synthetic, cheap, easily consumed and digested content in social media (I think of "Barbie Girl" by Aqua, Madonna's "Material Girl"). Each of the main characters is participating in the so-called "art" in some way with a brief glimpse of a "normal person" who dies from eating "plastic".
The boy Brecken, from the outset, has already "evolved" into a full plastic eater. The mother, representing parents of young "social media artists" today, smothers him. This represents the consequences of parents allowing their children to consume and produce cheap, easy to consume exhibitionism eventually leading them to be killed by it (ex: kids being killed by their stalkers, older men being fans of young girls) as if the parent was the actual murderer.
Through the entire story, the main character Saul resists "evolving" into a plastic eater (ex: "tumor-like organs" that grow inside him = the cancers of society) using alien-looking tech just to eat and sleep (Ex: cpap, hospital surgical devices, feeding tubes, mechanised beds etc). Finally, after just giving in to "evolving" into a plastic eater does he find complete contentment and peace. However, never does he realize that his "painless" exhibitionism is the very cause of his morphing into a plastic eater; he's now desensitised to it all.
Along the way, we also meet two woman voyeurists who drill holes into people's heads representing the mindless, intellegence draining people of CZcams Channels and pornography; they create content that displays to everyone their so-called "inner beauty" but is secretely "horrific" for us to watch, and we can't turn our eyes away (ex: Adrienne, Ear Man, zipper device, etc.). In addition, Ear Man (Klinik) demonstrates how even the hippocritical Producer of his "Art" (ex: the music and entertainment industry) can be the very one who exploits the financial successes but joins the "popular" view of hating it (ex: via anonymous likes, dislikes, etc.).
There are many more metaphorical references throughout the story and Cronenberg uses the genre as a warning of the future "horrors" of becoming "Plastic Eaters". Cronenberg asks us If we are disgusted by what we are watching and thus why are we not disgusted by what we "consume" in today's media? He suggests that if we are not disgusted by what we're watching, we're already a plastic eater. Indeed, ultimately society will become senseless, meaningless, painless, completely devoid of the characteristics that make us human if we don't stop eating plastic both metaphorically (ex: social media, empty entertainment, exhibitionism, voyeurism, pop culture, celebrity status, etc.) and physically (ex: oceans being full of plastic: fish eat it, we eat the fish). Neither has any nutritional value and will evenually destroy us and society metaphorically, physically, and socially.
He was right about how you see it
Yes. I watched it last night on my iPhone 📲 and throughly enjoyed the experience. Some films are better enjoyed being seen close up, giving viewer’s a completely immersive experience.
I don´t like the way she interview, it was a great director just in front of you, do the work right or don't do nothing girl