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![]() Scanners
1981
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1983
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1979
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1991
![]() Crash
1996
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1983
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1999
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1986
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1975
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1977
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1993
Scanners(Movie), Videodrome(Movie), The Brood(Movie), Naked Lunch(Movie), Crash(Movie), The Dead Zone(Movie), eXistenZ(Movie), The Fly(Movie), Spider(Movie), Shivers(Movie), Rabid(Movie), M. Butterfly(Movie)
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jeremy irons gives a transcendent performance. he plays elliot and beverly distinctively different, but in subtle ways. he also knows when to hide which one we are watching and does it masterfully. the costume designer also does a wonderful job with their wardrobes to get at the core of the characters without being flashy about it. i'm gonna go out on a limb and say that denis villenueve is a big fan of this film. i would also guess that cronenberg has seen persona a time or two. read
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watching a cronenberg movie is a tense experience. you're just squirming, waiting for him to flip the body horror switch. this was the equivalent of when someone holds a knife really close to your face, saying they aren't going to hurt you. the insinuation might be worse because nothing is scarier than the anticipation of pain. well, maybe waking up dead because someone unqualified played operation on you is, so this taps into 2 things that are terrifying without being graphic about it which does show constraint but i will say my mind is more wired to react to visual eccentricities. both read
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