wells wrote:
quoted 17 lines At 11:29 AM 12/24/97 -0800, Gonzi 'Fresh' Merchan wrote:> At 11:29 AM 12/24/97 -0800, Gonzi 'Fresh' Merchan wrote:
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> >And this from a fellow who LIKES Atari Teenage Riot? pffft! Take a look
> >at Videodrome and tell me Come to Daddy was not inspired by it. I won't
> >even try to defend Naked Lunch and Crash as they are both works of art
> >and I feel stand on their own as such. During the holiday season while
> >the family is visiting, I do suggest trying to dig up some of the
> >horribly mangled and out of print video copies of Croenenbergs early
> >work floating around at the smaller video stores. Particularly The
> >Brood, with its snowy canadian landscapes and sexless mutant
> >manifestations of psychic energy its the perfect film for the holidays.
> >Watch the movie, you'll see :)
> >
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> not too familiar with his works outside of Naked Lunch & Crash, which were
> both awful movies and posessed none of the art of the original novels.
I loved Ballard's early films, particularly Videodrome and Brood. I
remember sneaking peaks at Scanners and Videodrome on the
Moviechannel when I was a kid and how they blew me away. I
looked at all of his films again as an adult and enjoyed them from an
objectctive view point as art. I loved Deadringers. When Naked Lunch
came out, I could not have been more disappointed. It failed as a Cronenberg
film and as a Burroughs novel translated into a film. I didn't see M Butterfly
because I was so disappointed in Naked Lunch. Crash was also a huge
disappointment. Ballard's novel was extremely cinematic and should have
been easy to shoot. It could also have been the inspiration to a film that
didn't
necessitate the novel as a structure for a screenplay. Crash turned out to be
nothing more than a flaccid, non-sexy B-film about sex with no originality or
artistic statement. Both Naked Lunch and Crash looked as if Cronenberg was
suddenly making B films again but this time he has no artistic voice as a film
maker. Very sad.
quoted 1 line Crash especially. what an awful movie - nothing more than a porn.> Crash especially. what an awful movie - nothing more than a porn.
I wouldn't even call it that. One of my criticisms of it is that it totally
lacks eroticism.
quoted 2 lines anyway. i'll try to check out The Brood.. it certainly has to be better> anyway. i'll try to check out The Brood.. it certainly has to be better
> than Crash.
You should definitely check out The Brood, Scanners, Dead Ringers and
Videodrome.
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