tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post1942395661769406968..comments2024-03-25T16:07:58.927-04:00Comments on House of Self-Indulgence: Rabid (David Cronenberg, 1977)Yum-Yumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17897678877069611172noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post-21955489930910075132012-07-27T23:19:40.447-04:002012-07-27T23:19:40.447-04:00Sorry about that, I deleted my old Videodrome entr...Sorry about that, I deleted my old Videodrome entry. I did some housecleaning recently, and I guess I must have deemed it unworthy or something. <br /><br />I saw Crash in theatres with about around 800 people. The audience let out this bizarre mix of laughter and groans when it was over.Yum-Yumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897678877069611172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post-58511969361499265642012-07-27T11:10:16.867-04:002012-07-27T11:10:16.867-04:00I was sure I had seen a "Videodrome" rev...I was sure I had seen a "Videodrome" review here. Now I can't find it. Weird.<br /><br />"Scanners" is very good. It has that whole "evil-corporate-government-conspiracy" thing that "Videodrome" has. But does it a little better. Not as wonky or as full of luscious Debbie Harry on the TV goodness. But lots of people staring at each other and eyes melting.<br /><br />Oddly, the first Cronenberg I ever watched was "Crash."idohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182559907045813643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post-55476795260520257862012-07-26T22:28:55.971-04:002012-07-26T22:28:55.971-04:00Except for a few flicks here and there (for some s...Except for a few flicks here and there (for some strange I never got around to seeing Scanners), I've seen most of David Cronenberg's films. Including Videodrome (a film I must watch at least once a year).Yum-Yumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897678877069611172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post-9138758912891254932012-07-26T12:00:00.556-04:002012-07-26T12:00:00.556-04:00@yum-yum: Have you seen "Videodrome" and...@yum-yum: Have you seen "Videodrome" and "Dead Ringers"? Although they don't have the delicious '70s sheen you enjoy, they are two of his most critical works. Its hard to pick a favorite from his films. But "Dead Ringers" is the one that's stayed with me the longest. <br /><br />And for sheer perversion factor, there is always "Crash." Some people really hated it. But its has some, um... redeeming factors.idohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182559907045813643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post-31085103488797467092012-07-25T07:10:13.159-04:002012-07-25T07:10:13.159-04:00@ido: I'm thinking about taking on The Brood n...@ido: I'm thinking about taking on The Brood next. Maybe even check out some of his acting work in that new version of Night Breed that supposedly coming out soon while I'm at it..<br /> <br />@rootandanchor: Whether on purpose or by accident, either way, I thought she was quite effective. And, yes, "a haunted quality" is a great way to describe M.C. in Rabid.Yum-Yumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897678877069611172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post-52125970725278498332012-07-24T23:18:04.921-04:002012-07-24T23:18:04.921-04:00Great quote: "Implying that the humanity is i...Great quote: "Implying that the humanity is its own worst enemy when it comes to the maintenance of their corporeal flesh, David Cronenberg has the end of the world begin in a plastic surgery clinic." <br /><br />Cronenberg is my all-time favorite. Medical technology, sex, identity, and biology (the body in particular) are just obsessively interrogated in these movies, in shocking and provocative ways. I doubt that I could even point to a favorite movie in his 1975-91 period, they're all so good. (He was good after that too, and still is, but different.) <br /><br />I also really like Chambers here. I don't know if it was on purpose, or by accident, but I feel like she has kind of a haunted quality in this. I wish she had a longer horror movie career.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109073679101688906.post-21136903889459754722012-07-23T08:37:20.692-04:002012-07-23T08:37:20.692-04:00This film has been on my radar for a while. I shou...This film has been on my radar for a while. I should finally watch it.<br /><br />Its interesting: many horror and science fiction films play with the trope of "new medical treatment creating monsters." Things like organ transplants and skin grafts, no common place, once held great mystery and fear. Cronenberg does this better than anyone: "Shivers", this film, even "The Fly" is experiments on the body taken too far.<br /><br />I hope you review more Cronenberg films in the future.idohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182559907045813643noreply@blogger.com