‘Crimes of the Future’ is the director’s new film that just premiered in Brazil
Self Quentin Tarantino I love bloody scenes and Michele Baia Unable to control himself while filming a 360º scene, Canadian director David Cronenberg became famous for scenes that bet on mutilated bodies and nightmarish physical transformations. Master of body horror, the director returns to action after eight years with his new film, Crimes of the future (2022).
In the long run, pain and illness have become a thing of the past. Therefore, the futuristic society is betting on biotechnology and the modification of bodies to make humanity evolve. It is in this scenario that Saul Tenser, played by Viggo Mortensen, and Caprice, played by Léa Seydoux, find their vocations: artistic performances that deal with body modifications. The couple becomes a reference in this type of art, but the success ends up attracting a mysterious group with nefarious intentions. What follows is a show of physical mutilations and alterations trying to understand what the future of the human body is.
“Body horror has always been present in Cronenberg’s filmography,” reveals Rosângela Fachel, PhD in Comparative Literature at UFRGS, master’s professor of visual arts at UFpel and a scholar of Cronenberg’s films. A director known for his bloody works, the Canadian’s latest projects had adopted a more “tame” tone, but Crimes of the future promises a triumphant return to the body horror genre. “Cronenberg’s production talks about the body as something finite. The degradation of the body shows our closeness to death,” says Rosangela.
For the researcher, the Canadian director’s films have never been more relevant. “He was a pioneer in the discussion of body modification. The body as a temporary identity was something metaphorical in his early films, but today it is something that exists, either through hormones or through surgery. The body has begun to be thought of. in a different way. “.
or Estadio separated six extraordinary scenes from Cronenberg’s films to illustrate the brutal and violent trajectory of the Barão do Sangue.
Chills (1975)
One of Cronenberg’s first films, Chills crudely shows two themes that have become central to the Canadian’s work: violence and sex. The film tells the story of parasites that turn normal people into sexual maniacs. The brutality present in the film, especially towards women, is shocking and has been the subject of numerous criticisms over the years. At all times, parasites emerge from the victims’ bodies, showing their insides to the public. Spoiler: The most striking scene occurs at the end of the film, when the protagonist is surrounded in a swimming pool by infected people. Unable to escape, he is captured by the group and infected with the virus. The sequence mixes elements of a drowning, a baptism and an orgy.
Scanner (1981)
You may not have seen any of Cronenberg’s films, but you have undoubtedly seen the famous scene where a man’s head explodes in scanner. The image, which has become an Internet meme, depicts a mental battle between two men with telekinetic powers. Throughout the sequence, we see the two increasingly anguished in a fight that seems to require absurd mental and physical effort on the part of both. And then, the head of the loser explodes in a graphic, violent and bloodthirsty way.
Videodrome (1983)
When a television executive, played by James Woods, looks for a new attraction for his grill, he finds it videodrome – a television broadcast showing people being tortured and killed. What starts out as a bizarre television show quickly turns into an evil conspiracy involving body modification, mind control, and the manipulation of reality. If things seem messy, that’s because they are. The culmination of all this delusion occurs at the end of the film, when the executive kills himself in front of a television that shows the scene of his own suicide.
The Fly (1986)
Cronenberg’s most popular and mainstream film may have countless moments on this list. The winner, however, is Dr. Seth Brundle’s latest transformation, played by Jeff Goldblum, into a monstrous man-fly. As a result of a failed teleportation experiment, Brundle’s physical appearance deteriorates over the course of the film, making him increasingly disgusting: the The film won an Oscar for best makeup.. In the final moments of the film, the scientist completes his transition and transforms into a vile creature. The flying man’s latest action is to beg them to kill him, which results in Brundle’s head exploding with a rifle shot.
Gemini – Morbid Similarity (1988)
Winning the Oscar for Best Actor for The reversal of fortune (1990) – film by Schroeder beard -, Jeremy Irons thanked Cronenberg in his speech. Their collaboration began in Gemini – Morbid resemblance, in which Irons played two characters: the gynecologist brothers Beverly and Elliot. Cronenberg’s mastery of the horror genre can be understood in the scene where one of the twins has to operate on a mutated woman. There is no blood shown in the sequence, but only the visualization of the near-alien tools that would be used in the operational process is more than enough to allow the audience to create images of body terror. To the relief of much of the public, the operation is halted before it begins. The public imagination, however, is more than capable of filling the gaps left by Cronenberg.
Crime Lords (2007)
Cronenberg is known for his violent scenes, but few sequences come close to the brutality featured in crime lords. The film, which tells the story of a man (Viggo Mortensen) mysterious with ties to the Russian mafia, features a brutal brawl inside a bathroom. Completely naked, Mortensen fights for his life in a terrifying scene, so realistic and visceral. Far from being a Hollywood battle, Cronenberg’s sequel presents the true weight of death, violence, and survival to that kind of confrontation.
Source: Terra
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