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David Cronenberg is one of the most fascinating film-makers in the world, and he is undoubtedly Canada’s most influential and critically-lauded director. His work has covered a remarkably wide range of styles, drawing on gangster movies, psychological dramas, historical biopics, cyberpunk thrillers and, of course, his trademark: body horror. Few directors nowadays merit the label of “auteur”, but he is absolutely one of them.
Of course, in his many years as a director (45, to be exact) he hasn’t always hit the lofty heights that is so frequently expected of him. Some of his films just don’t match up to his very best work. His 21 films vary just as much in terms of consistency as they do in genre. There’s probably, actually, a fair number of his weaker films that few other than the most diehard Cronenberg fan has seen.
There’s his bizarre foray into a racing movie,...
David Cronenberg is one of the most fascinating film-makers in the world, and he is undoubtedly Canada’s most influential and critically-lauded director. His work has covered a remarkably wide range of styles, drawing on gangster movies, psychological dramas, historical biopics, cyberpunk thrillers and, of course, his trademark: body horror. Few directors nowadays merit the label of “auteur”, but he is absolutely one of them.
Of course, in his many years as a director (45, to be exact) he hasn’t always hit the lofty heights that is so frequently expected of him. Some of his films just don’t match up to his very best work. His 21 films vary just as much in terms of consistency as they do in genre. There’s probably, actually, a fair number of his weaker films that few other than the most diehard Cronenberg fan has seen.
There’s his bizarre foray into a racing movie,...
- 8/26/2015
- by Michael Waugh
- Obsessed with Film
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