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Re: David Cronenberg

#51 Post by bradass » Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:13 pm

I was present for this screening and Q&A, and the truth is getting stretched. Cronenberg spoke of an interest in the novelistic format of streaming series, which he has in the past, and that he has a few different ideas he’s exploring. He certainly never said he’s in pre-production in so many words, as was initially reported by World of Reel.

In better news, the Crash restoration looks great. Blu-rays were implied but no label was mentioned. Arrow is more plausible than Criterion, I would wager.

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Re: David Cronenberg

#52 Post by colinr0380 » Sat Oct 12, 2019 6:51 pm

If Arrow is involved I dearly hope that they approach the Daily Mail to ask for permission to reproduce all of their articles in the inevitable booklet then! Maybe we could get a commemorative reprinting of the "Ban This Sick Car Crash Sex Film" edition!

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Re: David Cronenberg

#53 Post by Adam X » Sun Oct 13, 2019 12:16 am

At the very least German label Turbine, who’ve been involved with the restoration since the beginning, are releasing it on BD/UHD, with new interviews, the CC commentary & an HDR grade approved by Cronenberg & Suschitzky.

UPDATE: seems they couldn’t get the commentary after all.
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Re: David Cronenberg

#54 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:10 pm

Vulture interview on his latest on-screen role. But fear not, he's not given up his day-time job yet.

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Re: David Cronenberg

#55 Post by solaris72 » Fri Nov 06, 2020 1:18 am

Guest role on Star Trek: Discovery next week

(And let me say, this season has been way better than the first two)

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Re: David Cronenberg

#56 Post by johnoshea02 » Sat Jul 10, 2021 6:23 am

Hi, can you please tell the name of the track of the Scanners Original Motion Picture Soundtrack that was used for the iconic head explosion scene?

A1 Main Title 1:37
A2 Vale Captured 4:09
A3 Ephemerol 1:21
A4 The Ripe Program 2:52
A5 The Injection 2:50
A6 Dirge for the Assassins 2:38
A7 Vale's Lonely Walk 1:03
A8 The Dart 1:34

I trust you find this satisfactory and i keenly await your reply.

Kind Regards

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Re: David Cronenberg

#57 Post by colinr0380 » Sat Jul 10, 2021 9:42 am

Not sure about that list but this soundtrack of Howard Shore's score splits the "Explosive Demonstration" scene into three parts. The screeching twittering aftermath that kicks off part three is probably the most memorable music cue of that scene, happening just after the event has occurred and Revok is being bundled out of the lecture theatre.

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#58 Post by TheKieslowskiHaze » Sat Jul 10, 2021 10:52 am

Really strange to hear that out of context. I've seen that movie, and scene, many times but wouldn't have been able to recall the score. This is no doubt because the scene is so intense it engrosses the viewer rather than lets one sit back and appreciate the various elements at play. That makes for a pretty interesting demonstration (on multiple levels).

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#59 Post by colinr0380 » Sat Jul 10, 2021 11:10 am

It is interesting to hear it apart from the 'scanner whine' effect (and rhythmic thumping) that accompanies the scene and is higher in the mix during the event itself, until the score comes back in the aftermath. It may be that part of Shore's score in that second part was mixed down to emphasise the sound effects more there.


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Re: David Cronenberg

#61 Post by Matt » Wed Mar 23, 2022 1:49 pm

I'm pretty anti-NFT, but this is such a deeply Cronenbergian idea that I'm all for it.

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Re: David Cronenberg

#62 Post by The Fanciful Norwegian » Wed May 11, 2022 3:55 pm

Cronenberg to re-team with Vincent Cassel for The Shrouds
La Haine star and French icon Cassel will play Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, who builds a novel device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud. This burial tool installed at his own state-of-the-art – though controversial – cemetery allows him and his clients to watch their specific departed loved one decompose in real time. Karsh’s revolutionary business is on the verge of breaking into the international mainstream when several graves within his cemetery are vandalized and nearly destroyed, including that of his wife. While he struggles to uncover a clear motive for the attack, the mystery of who wrought this havoc, and why, drive him to reevaluate his business, marriage and fidelity to his late wife’s memory, as well as push him to new beginnings.
Filming is set to begin next March.

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Re: David Cronenberg

#63 Post by swo17 » Wed May 11, 2022 3:59 pm

Another great Cronenbergian concept!


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Re: David Cronenberg

#65 Post by Persona » Thu May 19, 2022 11:40 am

I found this a delightful watch. Cronenberg is that rarity, a gracious intellectual.

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Re: David Cronenberg

#66 Post by brundlefly » Thu May 19, 2022 3:23 pm

Has me hoping there's an encounter with Nardwuar in his future.

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Re: David Cronenberg

#67 Post by mizo » Thu May 19, 2022 5:21 pm

brundlefly wrote:
Thu May 19, 2022 3:23 pm
Has me hoping there's an encounter with Nardwuar in his future.
Nardwuar: "David Cronenberg, welcome to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada! And right off the bat, I have a gift for you! It's a Fiji..." [holds out microphone]

Cronenberg [delighted]: "...mermaid!"

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Re: David Cronenberg

#68 Post by Finch » Mon May 23, 2022 12:32 pm


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Re: David Cronenberg

#69 Post by J M Powell » Mon May 23, 2022 5:02 pm

" 'When I wrote this in 1998, it was very theoretical [...]' the director said, insisting that he hadn’t changed a word of his original draft when production resources finally came together last year."

"The movie [...] includes meme-worthy lines like 'surgery is the new sex,' an observation Cronenberg has said was inspired by the amount of surgeries one can watch on YouTube."

:-k

(Edited to add some omitted text to the first quotation. What had at first seemed to me like a blatant contradiction must be a simpler story: he hadn't changed the script between 1998 and 2021, but he must have done a 2021 revision that resulted in the addition of material inspired by YouTube, which had been created in the interim. So: nothing to see here. Apologies.)

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Re: David Cronenberg

#70 Post by colinr0380 » Tue May 24, 2022 1:20 am

Considering that his novel Consumed had a whole section relating to the phenomenon of 'unboxing' videos on YouTube, perhaps it would be safer to say that 'surgery is the new unboxing'!

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Re: David Cronenberg

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Re: David Cronenberg

#72 Post by Finch » Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:38 am

Spider (2002) is finally getting a Blu-Ray (from Sony and apparently just the film itself, no extras) on December 13!

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Re: David Cronenberg

#73 Post by EddieLarkin » Sat Oct 22, 2022 9:13 am

Completing the availability of his entire 22 feature film filmography on Blu-ray.

I wonder if there's a director who also has their entire output on Blu-ray with more films than Cronenberg? John Carpenter comes to 21 if you count his TV movies.

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#74 Post by MichaelB » Sat Oct 22, 2022 9:55 am

Eric Rohmer made something like 25, and they’re all out on Blu-Ray.

And I’m working on a 26-film Michael J. Murphy Blu-ray box set right now!

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Re: David Cronenberg

#75 Post by Grand Wazoo » Sat Oct 22, 2022 10:56 am

Al Adamson has Severin's 32 film set.

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