Synopses & Reviews
Cronenberg on Cronenberg charts Cronenberg's development from maker of inexpensive 'exploitation' cinema to internationally renowned director of million-dollar movies, and reveals the concerns and obsessions which continue to dominate his increasingly rich and complex work. This edition brings Cronenberg's work up -to -date with an additional chapter on
Crash.
About the Author
With films such as
The Brood and
Videodrome,
David Cronenberg established himself as Canada's most provocative director. With subsequent movies such as
The Dead Zone,
The Fly,
Dead Ringers and
Naked Lunch, Cronenberg demonstrated his ability not only to touch painful nerves, but also to invest his own developing genre with seriousness, philosophical dimension and a rare emotional intensity.