David Cronenberg

I have never seen a movie directed by this man but I hear they are really good.

What are your thoughts on his work?
Which movies from him would you recommend?

videodrome and the fly

Dead Ringers, Videodrome

Eastern Promises is underrated af

Maps to the Stars

This, watch his early films first because they fit in more with his style. Once you understand his background his later work makes more sense.

Shivers is GOAT. The Brood and Scanners are absolute trash. Videodrome and The Fly are great. Haven't seen any others after being disappointed by Brood and Scanners.

Dead Ringers is amazing

Agree completely.

Cosmopolis is one of my favourite films of all time and my favourite of his

However, essential Cronenberg-core is Videodrome, The Fly and A History of Violence (I haven't seen Dead Ringers)
Warning: Cronenberg is not like most contemporary directors. His films will seem dated if you're not paying attention

Rabid is also underwhelming
It's kinda cool in a low-budget horror about zombies that aren't called zombies, but it's kinda meh
and you can see the b-camera clearly in one of the shots

Cronenberg has a deserved reputation for directing violent and disturbing movies. But as men know, fictionalized violence and gore are just fun as fuck to watch. He's just a little bit tryhard with the "big" themes/messaging in the movies at times (that is, the movies take themselves just a little too seriously, if that makes any sense), but they still usually work on their own merits.

The Fly is probably the single best place to start. The premise is simple, the gore is good, and you get a good representative feel for Cronenberg's career interests as a director: depicting violence, scifi plots, thriller structure (as opposed to "horror" structure, although the fly is plenty horrific), and a vague political/conspiratorial messaging sprinkled on top.

Naked Lunch doesn't get enough love but its fantastically weird

He was such a fuckboy in Nightbreed

I remember watching this movie with a friend about a year ago. Neither of us had seen it and we had no idea what we were getting into. We were just thinking to ourselves and very vocally saying "What the fuck is this movie about?" It's a great movie though, with a fantastic soundtrack and top notch acting. It's actually a pretty faithful adaptation to the book too. It's the perfect movie if you're a drug-addled repressed homosexual with an appreciation for jazz and the 50's aesthetic.

i just watched a "a history of violence" and "eastern promises" a few hours ago

they are both very badass movies

i liked "a history of violence", it was short and straight forward

"eastern promises" has more of a winding plot but it has a pay off at the end

both very good

Videodrome or The Fly, then Crash or Existenz, then History of Violence or Eastern Promises, then Cosmopolis or Maps to the Stars. Then go back and see Dead Ringers, whichever you didn't see in the above pairs, then if you want to see more go right ahead.

Videodrome ---> eXistenz ---> Eastern Promises ----> Cosmopolis ----> Dead Ringers ----> The Fly -----> Crash ----> History of Violence ----> Maps to the Stars

Could be one order

Watch dead ringers first

>The Brood and Scanners are absolute trash
nigga what? they're fine, scanners is cool

rabid is alright

>if you're a drug-addled repressed homosexual
These people don't exist on Sup Forums
They might exist on other boards, but not here, we don't have any

did anyone else notice that the bad guy in "stranger things" looked a lot like cronenberg?
i think it couldve been intentional considering that cronenberg has an eye for the grotesque and the enviroment and anatomy of the monster in "stranger things"

How come no one talks about The Brood?

Rabid
Shivers
Scanners
Videodrome
The Brood
Dead Ringers
The Fly

I don't care for his later stuff. He kind of became a watered down version of himself. Eastern Promises and the like are severely overrated by millennial plebs.

His early stuff is where it's at.

you try too hard to seem "patrician"
you are a pretentious faggot

Nope. Seen all these movies before you were born, faggot. Get some taste other than the taste of your dad's cock.

dude i was born in 89

that means your 40-50+

congrats on being old as fuck
what a huge accomplishment
i bet it was hard to do while being yourself

you sound stupid as fuck btw LOL

>bragging about browsing Sup Forums over the age of 35
kek
how did you manage to fuck up your life this much?

Congrats on being millennial trash

Millennial logic: browsing the internet when you are older and have more down time is bad, but browsing the internet when you should be partying and fucking whores is okay.

TOPKEK

Crash would be a nice start. It's uncomfy on purpose, but then his confy movies (eastern promises, a history of violence and such) are pretty mediocre.

Crash is cronenbergian enough without being too offputting- Jesus, I love that movie and book

Dead Ringers, Crash, everything he did with Viggo. And yes that includes A Dangerous Method.

haha you are a humongous loser
who do you think you are fooling?
all your time is down time bacause you get a government check for having autism

You'll get some taste someday, loser. Better get back to your capeshit or sucking your father off. Or you one of the few millennials who can multi-task?

browsing a site full of teenagers and people in their early 20s when you're in your 40s is really fucking sad

the thing about youth is, we have the energy to shitpost AND fuck bitches
I know! while you're taking a little blue pill and surfing Sup Forums to look for some degenerate trap porn to make you feel young again, the people you loathe are all around laughing and living their lives

No, I'm black and I fuck bitches for money like your mom and your dad is paying me for it.

>i-i'm totally not a failure guys, i just like to browse here on my free time
humor me, what do you do for a living?

top 5 cronenberg lads?

dead ringers
videodrome
maps to the stars
the fly
eastern promises

I liked A Dangerous Method, everything except the ship set was great.

Videodrome
The Fly
The Brood
Eastern Promises
Cosmopolis

Shivers is really fun: a zombie invasion where infected fuck instead of biting

>you're trying hard for liking early experimental stuff at the peak of his career instead of boring generic crime dramas at his old age

>im pretending to only like his more bizarre and less mainstream work to seem like less of a commoner, i swear im actually fun to be around

I am not in my 40s, faggot.

sage

Oh so you're not a complete failure, just mostly a failure
Thanks for clearing that up

i like too bump threads

Nope. Have a cushy job that pays me for 8 hours a day that I can get done in 2 hours a day and surf the Internet for the remaining 6.

You are not a special snowflake because you were raised on video games and shitty movies.

your the faggot who acts like a special snowflake
you are fucking delusional

40k a year isn't all that cushy really. I guess when you have no significant other or kids to spend any money on, hobbies, or friends to drink with then you don't any more
But if you're happy I guess

>You are not a special snowflake because you were raised on video games and shitty movies.
Projecting much? You're the one that started thinking you were hot shit for seeing Cronenberg's films before we 'were born'
Isn't it time for you to take your medication?

Thissss

I make way more than that, faggot.

You epitomize your worthless, know-it-all generation.

>trying to brag to memesters on a mongolian hentai board
wew lad
clearly you're the spitting image of success

Don't know why everyone is saying Dead Ringers, it was pretty mediocre just like Dead Zone.

The Fly
The Brood
Videodrome
Scanners
Naked Lunch

Existenz was decent.

Trashy, tv tier sci-fi mixed with some masterpieces.

>Doesn't know about anything
>I have a strong opinion
Not a shocker your generation is ruining the world and blaming others for it. KEK

>No Stereo, Crimes of the Future or Secret Weapons

ITT: Plebs

Going against 'patrician' grain here, but Crash and Cosmopolis worth checking out.

>pulls fact out of his ass and purposely misreads what has been said to him
>bases his conclusion on it
No wonder your generation managed to wreck the global economy

is it fair enough to say he put this guy on the map?

I said it above, but Cosmopolis is my favourite Cronenberg and in my top 5 of all time

Interesting, it would be cool if you would elaborate on your recommendation.

The films he listed together basically came out at similar times and reflect similar states of Cronenberg's style

Personally I wouldn't recommend that way of watching them for entertainment. But if you were only watching to get a feel for his style and verse yourself in his films then it makes sense

>No wonder your generation managed to wreck the global economy
Nah, Gen X raised it higher than it's ever been. Y ruined it less than a decade. KEK. But nice job misinterpreting everything, faggot Millennial.

>he thinks "gen x" is an era people were born in and that there was ever a thing such as "gen y" and "gen z"

lol youre fucking dumb

Thanks for shitting up this thread with your blabbering, shitheads.

Redpill me on Maps To The Stars. It felt pretty lightweight to me when I saw it.

Crash
Videodrome
Dead Ringers
Naked Lunch
Shivers

A generation is defined by the years they were born. Boomers, X, Y. Fuck, the depths of your retardedness defy your generation.

dude you are stupid as fuck for assuming
generation x is a term used to describe youths who dont conform to social norms
every generation has a group of gen x

what you were trying to get across is the difference between baby boomers and millennials

anyone born between 45 to 81 is a boom
and 81- 95 is millennial
95 and onward is probably the generation you are whining like a bitch nigger about

of course you would know this if you actually ever read a book but since you are legally retarded i had to school your dumbass

spider isn't a great movie but has some of the best acting in any of his films

good ass top 5

>Redpill me on Maps To The Stars. It felt pretty lightweight to me when I saw it.
Good film but Cosmopolis is better

NO, fucktard. People born in up till '81 were not boomers, you fucking mong. Boomers were born between '46 and '64. '64 up until about early '80s were X. After that was Y, the Millennial retards, such as you. Holy fuck, you are so retarded it actually hurts to read your posts. I knew you were stupid, but I had no idea.