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Originally Posted by Spiwak
Shit man, there's no such thing as a bad Cronenberg (haven't seen Fast Company, which I bet if there is a bad Cronenberg out there that'd be it). He does mostly "horror" and "sci-fi" and sometimes a combination of the two, but his themes typically involve sex and the idea that horror comes from within the body (in his movies, literally). His earlier movies are interesting but probably not as worth watching, so I especially recommend Videodrome, The Dead Zone, The Fly, Naked Lunch, Crash (and jesus, not that Paul Haggis tripe), ExistenZ and A History of Violence. Scanners and Spider come a little below those for me. Shivers (or They Came From Within) is actually pretty sweet, so throw that in.
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Ah, Cronenberg, now we're talking! He's one of my favourites as well (though I was disappointed with
History of Violence). I loved
Videodrome, Naked Lunch, Crash, ExistenZ and
The Fly. I have
Shivers around here as well. I should look at it one of these days. It's together on a disc with
Rabid. Have you seen that one?
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As for Requiem, sure sure I heard all that same stuff and used to believe it too, about the style being used as slave to substance, so to say. I just think filmmakers today are perhaps too preoccupied with style instead of using composition to thematically enhance their pictures. These movies look good and all, sure, but for whatever reason I don't tend to notice interesting compositions or whatever in all this style. Perhaps I am actually too preoccupied by it to notice the other visual elements, which would be an interesting twist and could very well be true. I guess it could also just be part of the recent trend in movies I've noticed, where they are trying to become experiences in and of themselves and extract a certain mood from the audience instead of intellectuality. I'm probably talking out my ass by now.
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No, no, no ass-talking yet.
It's true that there's a trend in movies to appeal more to the senses. Actually, it's pretty big in postmodern film. I don't like all of it either, but so far Aronofsky seems to be on the good side of things (for me at least). Others take it way further than him, directors like David Lynch, Peter Greenaway, and yes Cronenberg. It's not to everyone's liking, but their approach to film is slipping more and more into mainstream film. Eastern cinema is much more pointed towards emotions and the senses as well.