Finally coming to Criterion blu-ray July 15

I became a fan when I saw The Fly in the theater in its original run. I was so overwhelmed by the intensity of the film, when I left the theater, I had to sit down on a bench because I thought I might throw up or pass out.

My favorite films at the moment are Crash, eXistenZ, and Scanners. My least favorite is A Dangerous Method, not to say it's a bad film, it's just so far removed from his earlier works. I have a copy of Cosmopolis, but haven't watched it yet.

I've enjoyed all his commentaries thus far. My favorite is Crash, which as far as I know is only on the OOP Criterion laser.

I still call myself a Cronenberg fan even though I liked his earlier films much more than his recent work, because what he produces now does not affect his earlier work, or change my enjoyment of it.




In heaven everything is fine.

Nah, you're in the clear. I'm a Cronenberg fan who really only likes about 4 of his films -- Scanners, The Brood, Videodrome and Crash. Parts of Rabid are cool and M Butterfly certainly has its moments, but the rest, meh. Cronenberg I think is a better idea guy with a few great images lodged in his mind than an actual narrative filmmaker, and some of his actors give amazing performances in his films -- Genvieve Buoujold, Samantha Eggar, Deborah Harry, the guy who played Barry Convex -- but you kinda have to just roll with the goofiness that surrounds them.

Thanks for the clarification. I rented 'A Dangerous Method' when it first came out, but never bothered to peruse the supplements. Did 'existenz' have a commentary track for the US Region 1 DVD? I thought that was for the Canadian edition only, but I might be wrong. The Echo Bridge BD didn't have a commentary track, I know that for sure.

I know there is quite a bit in print about his thoughts on Scanners, but to be honest I would like to see a something on film. Besides, Cronenberg on Cronenberg, while a great book, is quite old now, and even if his opinions haven't changed it would still be nice to see a short interview about the film with him. But nevermind, it is understandable.

Though from memory there is something on that career retrospective documentary on the UK Brood special edition DVD of a few years ago (the two disc one) which I think goes up to Existenz or thereabouts, everything else is from the early eighties.

BTW that Criterion sale sounds great, I wasn't aware of this and will make haste in purchasing other things from them, though I suppose I should priobably read their international shipping rates first...

Also, it's annoying that Criterion have gone back to region 1. It would have been great if they had stayed region 0 for a while so I could make the most of the blu-rays. Oh well, DVD is fine.

Time to blow