Thursday, June 28, 2007

New Cronenberg.



This just looks fantastic:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809794102/video/3182401/

Cronenberg is one of the most masterful directors of the classical Hollywood form still making films. He imbues his personal themes in everything he touches and his high points, especially Dead Ringers, are brilliant looks into strange minds, not the least of which is Cronenberg's himself. With this new film he looks to be expanding on his seemingly superficial thriller mode that he began with A History of Violence. It also doesn't hurt that he re-teams with Viggo Mortenson, who gave a terrifically underrated performance in Violence. There's an essay I should write: David Cronenberg the actor's director. The man has had many brilliant performances in his films, from Jeremy Irons to Peter Weller to Jeff Goldblum. He really would be considered a consummate actor's director if his own voice wasn't as strong in the films as theirs.

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