David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg
David Paul Cronenberg, CC OOnt FRSCis a Canadian director, producer, filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, and author. Cronenberg is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or visceral horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, although his work has since...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth15 March 1943
CityToronto, Canada
CountryCanada
So that means I want it to be deep, not in a pretentious way, but I guess I can say I am pretentious in that I pretend. I have aspirations that the movie should trigger off a lot of complex responses.
It's the perfect car, the dream ... a combination of beauty and technology,
You're really talking about the human condition because there's no country on Earth that wasn't founded on violence done to somebody.
My father used to work here, back when it was The Toronto Telegram. These remind me of him.
I've managed, really, to be pretty successful in terms of getting what I want in a movie. I leave people very happy with what we've done, even when I end up getting what I wanted and they don't get what they wanted.
A History of More Violence'? ... I think not. That reminds me of somebody's joke about Gandhi - 'Gandhi 2: Even More Non-Violent.'
I remember somebody saying to Joel Schumacher about one of his Batman movies, 'Isn't that over the top?' ... And he said, 'Well, nobody pays to see under the top.' I wish I could just say that. But I think you learn something when you go to extremes.
I had to comes to terms with that with Martin Scorsese,
It's not as though I have a message . . . I haven't solved any problem. It's a discussion, it's a meditation on the complexity of it.
There's a certain intimacy involved. You have to get very close to the person who's threatening you. It's the opposite of what your instinct is.
It's a funny movie, too. People may wonder what's going on when they hear that about a movie that has the title A History of Violence . I think once they see it, they'll get it.
I got my first credibility acknowledged here when I was a young filmmaker, ... I almost feel that my career and the festival's career have ascended in synch, in lock step, because the festival has gone from an interesting concept, as the Festival of Festivals, to being recognized as a brilliant concept and a unique one.
A History of More Violence'?... I think not. That reminds me of somebody's joke about Gandhi - 'Gandhi 2: Even More Non-Violent.'
There is no point in going to Cannes if you're not going to be in competition. That's my feeling. So you've got to get into it.