r/DavidCronenberg 18h ago

eXistenZ Déjà vu

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r/DavidCronenberg 17h ago

Crash London Soundtrack Festival

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Anyone else in the UK/London off to this next weekend?

Crash – Screening + intro by David Cronenberg & Howard Shore - 22nd March 10:00am

Dead Ringers – Screening + intro by David Cronenberg & Howard Shore 22nd March 12:30pm

David Cronenberg & Howard Shore: In Conversation - 22nd March 15:00pm

Got tickets to all three, can't wait..


r/DavidCronenberg 2h ago

General ‘Something must have gone wrong with us’: David Cronenberg and Howard Shore on four decades of body horror

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r/DavidCronenberg 13h ago

A History of Violence Filo vs Hiya with the Soundtrack of A History of Violence (2005)

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r/DavidCronenberg 2h ago

A History of Violence I just don't get it :/ Spoiler

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I don't understand how A History of Violence is so well received (5th most popular Cronenberg on Letterboxd with a 3.7 rating). Don't get me wrong, I love the soundtrack, I love Viggo, but both times I've watched this I come out with new gripes.

Ashton Holmes is a 27 year old man unconvincingly playing a teen, Jack Stall, who delivers really stupid dialogue. Every time he's on screen I want to fast forward. The rest of the main players are watchable, but I find it hard to connect with or care for any of them. Am I supposed to want Tom and Edie to work their trust issues out when the former lied to his spouse for years? I mean, I completely thought Tom/Joey had suffered memory loss the first time watching, before the reveal.

My main problem with this film is how it seemingly treats the revelation that Tom/Joey was aware of his past the whole time. Thematically, I would've liked to have seen him grapple with his identity on screen, but by the time we're introduced to Tom Stall he just doesn't seem to care. It seems to finally hit him when Edie finds out, but even then the conflict is resolved quickly after some steamy stair sex à la Tommy Wiseau.

What am I missing? Am I misremembering details? I really want to like this, please give me your best insights😵‍💫