David Cronenberg Expects Walkouts Within First 5 Minutes Of New Movie
David Cronenberg expects walkouts within the first five minutes when his new movie Crimes of the Future plays at Cannes. Cronenberg of course gained a reputation as the master of body horror with masterpieces like Scanners, The Fly and Crash. But the Canadian director later moved away from the genre that made him famous to focus on prestige dramas like A History of Violence and Eastern Promises.
Now with his latest film Crimes of the Future, Cronenberg has executed another career 180 and unexpectedly returned to the world of body horror. And horrific the movie indeed seems to be, as teased in a recent Crimes of the Future red band trailer. Starring frequent Cronenberg collaborator Viggo Mortensen, the movie concerns a performance artist who grows strange organs inside his body and puts his bizarre metamorphoses on display for the public. The movie co-stars Lea Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Don McKellar and Scott Speedman.
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Clearly Cronenberg hasn’t pulled any punches with his latest vision of horror focused on human bodies undergoing strange and horrifying changes. Indeed, Crimes of the Future is so gruesome in its depictions of futuristic surgery and other bodily outrages that the director actually expects that many in his audience won’t be able to handle it. Speaking to Indiewire, Cronenberg discussed the film’s imminent Cannes premiere and said he anticipates some people leaving early:
“I do expect walkouts in Cannes, and that’s a very special thing. There are some very strong scenes. I mean, I’m sure that we will have walkouts within the first five minutes of the movie. I’m sure of that.”
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