A History of Cronenberg
Dennis Lim
Tuesday, September 13th 2005
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Shivers a/k/a They Came From Within (1975, Image DVD): "A slap in the face of bourgie morality and a cautionary tale about the fragility of civilization." Amy Taubin
Scanners (1981, MGM DVD): "Images of intellectualized grisliness that paralyze your brain while they nauseate your guts. Cronenberg handily doubles your displeasure." Carrie Rickey
Videodrome (1983, Criterion DVD): "A Bosch-ian brew of lurid s&m, hallucinogenic TV transmissions, and biomorphism run amok."J. Hoberman
The Fly (1986, Fox DVD): "Not since Psycho has there been a movie so completely drenched with modernist malaise and yet also such a deeply felt work of art." Andrew Sarris
Dead Ringers (1988, Warner DVD): "Directing against splatterific expectations, Cronenberg serves this shocker with cool, Langian restraint." J. Hoberman
Crash (1997, New Line DVD): "Uncompromising in its melancholia, Crash establishes a profound sense of seeking comfort in the crevices of a lacerating, metallic world." J. Hoberman
eXistenZ (1999, Dimension DVD): "Almost buoyant in its creepiness and positively bejeweled in its disgust." J. Hoberman
Spider (2002, Columbia Tristar DVD): "More poetic than clinical in its approach to schizophrenia, suffused with existential dread, this evocation of psychological torment is both sensationally grim and exquisitely realized." J. Hoberman
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