Kristen Stewart Defends Crimes of the Future After Cannes Walkouts
Kristen Stewart has defended her latest film, Crimes of The Future, after its Cannes premiere resulted in walkouts. The David Cronenberg body horror film is the acclaimed director’s first since 2014’s Maps of the Stars and boasts a highly accomplished cast that includes Léa Seydoux and Viggo Mortensen. Despite Cronenberg’s dedicated fanbase and past successes, however, the recent Crimes of the Future premiere at the Cannes Film Festival resulted in a number of audience members walking out.
Cronenberg has always been a filmmaker whose work elicits a variety of reactions from audiences. Never one to shy away from gore or subject matter that some might find uncomfortable, the 79-year-old filmmaker has played a key role in keeping the body horror genre alive. Though his past credits aren’t all filled with macabre horror, there’s always an element of the bizarre in his work, the likes of which is often what makes him controversial. With Crimes of the Future, Cronenberg offers viewers a world in which body transformations and mutations are a form of entertainment for Saul Tenser (Mortensen) and his partner Caprice (Seydoux), who regularly perform surgery on new organs before an audience.
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Unfortunately, Crimes of the Future got off to a bit of a rough start during its Cannes premiere, despite ultimately receiving a six-minute standing ovation. While Cannes audiences are well known for their often finicky nature, the festival’s overall opinion of a film can either send it soaring or permanently ground it. As NME reports, despite the apparent success of Crimes of the Future at the festival, Kristen Stewart recently took the time to discuss the film and its walkouts,
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