David Cronenberg

[x006829]

he is my second favorite director, the first being Sam Raimi. all of his films aren't horror, but he sure makes some weird, interesting, sometimes horrifying movies. what do you guys think?

[Elvis_Christ]

I love his flicks! Videodrome is my favorite.

[paws the great]

Videodrome is a good film.


He is great in the Nightbreed also.:)

[urgeok]

i like his earlier works .. especially shivers and scanners.

the bigger the budget he has the less i like his work..

[Despare]

i like his earlier works .. especially shivers and scanners.

the bigger the budget he has the less i like his work..

Spider, History of Violence, Scanners, The Brood, The Fly, The Dead Zone; I just love his stuff. One of my all time favorites of his, Dead Ringers, isn't even a horror but is just an amazing all around movie. Wasn't such a big fan of Crash though...

[The Mothman]

amazing Director. I love him. He's often compared to David Lynch. Naked lunch is my favorite film by him.

[urgeok]

no one has any love for Ms. Butterfly ? :D

[Roderick Usher]

I'm one of those weirdos who actually liked Crash (a hell of a lot beter than that preachy Paul aggis shit of the same name) It seemed like the perfect melding of man and machine - which seems to be the most rpevelent theme in his work.

It's also very funny in a "look, I'm more perverse than you" kind of way.

[Despare]

I'm one of those weirdos who actually liked Crash (a hell of a lot beter than that preachy Paul aggis shit of the same name) It seemed like the perfect melding of man and machine - which seems to be the most rpevelent theme in his work.

It's also very funny in a "look, I'm more perverse than you" kind of way.

I'd take Cronenberg's Crash over the new one any day. I just didn't like it as much as his other movies.

[alkytrio666]

The Brood is one of my all-time favorite horror movies.

It's brilliant! Jump-scare and sickening horror thrown in a bag filled with a good psychological storyline and a well-picked cast...and all held together with another signature sci-fi backbone.

IMO, it's his finest work.

[urgeok]

I'm one of those weirdos who actually liked Crash (a hell of a lot beter than that preachy Paul aggis shit of the same name) It seemed like the perfect melding of man and machine - which seems to be the most rpevelent theme in his work.

It's also very funny in a "look, I'm more perverse than you" kind of way.


i hated it ..

i couldnt connect with any character or any theme in the film ..
i dont always need something to connect to - but i just soooo disconnected that i couldnt give a shit about what i was seeing.

my sister worked with the blonde in that film (deborah something unger ?)
my dad got to meet her :)

[urgeok]

i really wish this asshole would fuck off.

go back to shitting up the general forum and keep your garbage out of here.

i cant get my ignore for this fuck to work.
cant he just be banned for fucks sake ?

[newb]

Very fond of his work. Even his acting in NightBreed was convincing.
http://barros.rusf.ru/films/other/nightbreed_1990_still01.jpg

[urgeok]

he's a good sport too ..

he had a really funny guest spot on a TV show - as himself.
everytime someone asked him about his old films (scanners) he'd tell them that he'd gone past that and would rather discuss his later, more serious work..

several minutes later, behind the main action, you see him happily describing the exploding head shot in scanners to a hot blonde with big tits in the hallway ..

pure gold :D

[noctuary]

I've never seen a Cronenberg film that I didn't love. Even though he's moved farther and farther away from horror in recent years, I think that some of his later movies are among the finest I've seen. In my opinion, A History of Violence didn't quite live up to his earlier work, but it was outstanding for a mainstream film. I've always found it rather surprising that he hasn't gotten more recognition for his work. Ah well, I suppose the masses rarely recognize true genius.

And Renob: why don't you give it a rest already? Only a child would think that being gay was somehow insulting. On top of that, Cronenberg's not, but I honestly don't see how that has any bearing on his work. Perhaps you could explain why he is "pretentious." That would be better than an obnoxious troll post, which your homo comment definitely was.

Side note: anyone know where I could score a copy of Dead Ringers? The Criterion edition was out of print last time I checked, and I won't go through Ebay.

[urgeok]

I have the criterion of dead ringers - on laserdisc ..

re the asshole called renob .. i was finally able to put him on ignore.

unfortunately that doesnt shop him from making the forum look like a place for complete fucking useless tools which could potenntially - and probably has already - scared off good, contributing new members.

as it is now the forum has a sign on it .. "fuckwits - come on in !"

fuck i wish someone would ban that useless piece of garbage and delete all his threads.

[The Mothman]

re the asshole called renob .. i was finally able to put him on ignore.

.

congratulations. everyone should do it. I had the misfortune of browsing this thread while i was not logged in and saw his ignorant comments. He's on my ignore list though, and its probably for the best.

[zwoti]

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grow the fuck up

[XtRaVa]

I don't know.... Spider and A History of Violence both ate shit, in my opinion. Cronenberg just seems like a pretentious homo to me, but everyone has their own tastes, so it doesn't really matter.

You seem to be very homophobic :)

You do realise that generally speaking, homophobes are secretly gay. :cool:

[urgeok]

You seem to be very homophobic :)

You do realise that generally speaking, homophobes are secretly gay. :cool:


they often are .. bitter self hating homosexuals that cant come to terms with what they are ...

like the man said : 'the lady doth protest too much, methinks"

[Doc Faustus]

Cronenberg's movies are some of the most creative, intense and well thought out sci fi/horror pics in history. Videodrome, The Brood and the Dead Zone are fantastic. Unlike half the civilized world, I prefer Existenz to the Matrix.

[slayer666]

I haven't seen very many of them, but I do love Videodrome. That was one of those flicks where I had to go out and buy it the day after last seeing it.

[maniaccop]

The Fly is one of his best. I prefer his stories than his way of directing movies.