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Secret Weapons

homunculus — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:40:39 -0800

Secret Weapons. "David Cronenberg's seldom seen 1972 made-for-TV movie, 'Secret Weapons'. It is six years into a future American civil war. A man has created a drug that enhances fighting skills. But will he give it to the theocratic government, or the rebels?" [Via]

My Money's on Nolan

sendai sleep master — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 05:45:21 -0800

Christopher Nolan (mentioned previously) has been a divisive maker of movies. Some have lauded him as "the only working auteur" while others, like David Cronenberg ,and those that agree with him, tend to think he is a mere maker of entertaining genre flicks. Film scholar, David Bordwell, explains why both arguments have merit.

Long live the New Flesh!

Artw — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:13:07 -0800

Notes from a Videodrome test screening

It’s kind of like making children

Artw — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:10:52 -0800

David Cronenberg talks to the LA Review of Books about making movies

Shoot 'em in the head

fearfulsymmetry — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:39:39 -0800

The American Nightmare (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Documentary on US horror films of the 60s and 70s and how their themes reflected the society of the time. Includes contributions from John Carpenter, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, George R. Romero and Tom Savini. NSFW - horror gore plus extreme reportage.

Unlike a moss, both the gametozoon and the sporozoon stages require a living host.

WPW — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:10:23 -0800

David Cronenburg's Alien: novelisation by JG Ballard. Starsky and Hutch: novelisation by JG Ballard.

Should we be very afraid?

waraw — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:58:49 -0800

The Fly: The Opera. David Cronenberg directing, Placido Domingo conducting, Howard Shore composing. There's the possibility that this could be interesting. And yet, something tells me that there are Things Man Was Not Meant To Librettize.

Two or Three Things About David Cronenberg

Joe Hutch — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 10:12:26 -0800

Three new ways of thinking about David Cronenberg (director of Videodrome, Dead Ringers, etc.). A documentary filmmaker, an avant-garde filmmaker, or maybe just a guy who looks at couples and probably wonders what they look like having sex. Kind of par for the course.

Basic Instinct 2

john — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:36:35 -0800

Basic Instinct 2 will be directed by David Cronenberg. Paul Verhoeven walked out in disgust after reading the 'sick' script. How low does it go?