I love David Cronenberg. He is one of my favorite filmmakers. My two favorite films of his are Crash and Dead Ringers. I love it when he gets more phsycological like in those two films. More about the deterioration of the mind and soul than about the deterioration of the flesh like in Scanners or The Fly. Though I do think that Videodrome and Existenze are pretty symbolic movies. Both with lots of metaphores in them so they are both right up there As well. Oh and I also really love his version of Naked Lunch. It is not a faithful adaption of the actual novel, it is more of about William S. Burroughs himself as he was writing Naked Lunch. And if anyone is a big Burroughs fan like I am and is familiar with his life, the film is really a brilliant interpretation of this part of his life and what he want though during this time. It’s also Cronenberg’s most surreal film. It always reminds me of Lost Highway, from my favorite filmmaker of all time David Lynch. These three films show what Cronenberg is really capable of doing as a filmmaker. He truly is a very deep artist. I am really looking forward to seeing Spider. I hear it is just as psychological as his other films I mentioned.
