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Toronto Readers! Join Edgar Wright This Sunday For Cronenberg's THE BROOD And McKellar's LAST NIGHT!!!
Beaks here...
Easter means different things to different people, but I think we all can agree that there's no better way to celebrate the resurrection of our lord and savior than watching a pack of hideous mutant kids go on a murder spree via the telepathic direction of Samantha Eggar. And if you're wondering who's serving the ham, talk to my man Oliver.
Yes, the final night of Edgar Wright's Toronto-based "The Wright Stuff" festival is upon us, and it's concluding in high Canadian style with David Cronenberg's most underrated film, THE BROOD, and Don McKellar's low-key eve-of-destruction drama LAST NIGHT. What do these two movies have in common, besides their Canadian-ness? Edgar explains over at his website (which you should have bookmarked because it's updated daily with awesome SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD pics, like this first glimpse of Lucas Lee):
“Two of my very favorite Canadians films. David Cronenberg is the King Of Canada as far as I’m concerned. I was watching his films and seeing Toronto on screen, before I even knew where it was. His body of work and his journey from making genre films to being one of our most lauded international auteurs continues to amaze. “The Brood” is a cult classic and deserves to be seen more often. Cronenberg also appears in “Last Night”, an outstanding film about the apocalypse by the great Don McKellar. This bleak gem is one of the films that influenced “Shaun of the Dead”, so I’m very happy to present it at the Bloor. See you there.”
Edgar will at the very least be joined by McKellar, but it sounds like he's trying to track down additional guests. Not that you need anything more than McKellar, who, along with being a fantastic actor, co-wrote with Francois Girard one of the very best films of the last twenty years.
And then there's THE BROOD, which remains one of my favorite Cronenberg films. Narratively and thematically, I think it's kind of perfect. Also, Edgar's secured a "rare and uncut print", so if you're lucky enough to be kicking around Toronto this weekend, go.
It all starts at 7 PM Sunday (April 12th) at The Bloor Cinema. Tickets are available now. Enjoy.
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is some good shit!
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dammit
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The Brood is a goddamn masterpiece. Such an underrated film.
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Punched me in the gut the first time I saw it. Wonderful wonderful film.
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Makes me want to go back and watch Last Night again, I got caught off guard and got all emotional when I saw it quite by chance on cable one night. Made me a fan of McKellar after that.
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But I'd be Edgar Wrong not to suggest you pop over to mymavra.com where, amongst other things, you can find out why Xiphos hates Adventureland and listen to the voice of Mr Zeddemore himself!
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Even though History Of Violence and Eastern Promises fall outside the safety zone of most of mainstream Hollywood product (do you think he would ever direct a thriller like State Of Play..methinks not), it would be nice for one more "out there" flick from Mr. Cronenburg. It's great that he's still putting out quality films though.
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to rent, although its not all it could be.
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Cronenberg is one of the only truly interesting working American filmmakers at the moment, and The Brood stands as an early glimpse of his profound cinematic vision.
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But the man is still a genius - an amazing and consistent visionary, from his first short films until this very day.
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The most evil sandwich ever created. Forged in darkness from wheat harvested in hell's half acre. Baked by Beelzebub. Slathered with mayonnaise beaten from the evil eggs of dark chicken force-fed to dogs by the hands of a one eyed mad man. Cheese boiled from the rancid teat of fanged cow. Layered with 666 separate meats from an animal which has maggots for blood.
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Eastern Promises, I'd do anything to see Cronenberg go back to his roots and make something akin to Videodrome. I just can't cope with the freaky stuff...
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...and a similar film with some of the same themes is the largely overlooked "Miracle Mile." Great double feature.
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mediocre film Cronenberg has ever made. Well, actually Spider bordered on mediocrity as well, but the performances saved that one. But I was thoroughly unimpressed with EP, especially considering the standard I hold for Cronenberg. He needs to embrace his roots ala Lynch and start churning out some fleshy masterpieces.
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Other than that Cronenberg is great. Dead Ringers is another one of his films that is really underrated.
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Blah.
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You meant NORTH American, right?
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Cronenberg's worst film is Fast Company.
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i think the concept for that film is great...and execution, pretty damn great too. i think it would make a kick ass tv series
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1. Videodrome
2. Naked Lunch
3. Dead Ringers
4. The Fly
5. The Brood
6. M. Butterfly
7. Scanners
8. Rabid
9. eXistenZ
10. Eastern Promises
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Here's a question for all of you? Who is the greatest Canadian born director of all time? Cronenberg gets my vote. But what about Norman Jewison? He's Canadian. Guess what, so is James Cameron but he doesn't really make "Canadian" films. Atom Egoyan is sure to get some votes. What about Denys Arcand? He made The Decline of the American Empire. It's an interesting subject, at least if you're Canadian I guess, which I am. Discuss.
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Cronenberg is certainly #1, but Atom Egoyan, Guy Madden, Don McKeller, Sarah Polley, Carl Bessai, Daniel MacIvor, Lynne Stopkewich, Paul Gross, and Bruce McDonald ALL deserve more attention.
Do yourself a favor and track down the best Canadian film you've never seen: Bruce McDonald's "Hard Core Logo". -
And I just love that Cronenberg is a race car fanatic. It just seems so odd that he'd be into fast cars and shit. Crash is his masterpiece, what an amazing film.
1. Crash
2. The Fly3. Camera (brilliant short film he created for the Toronto Film Festival, available as an extra on the Videodrome Criterion disc
4. Dead Ringers5.eXistenZ6. The Brood7. Videodrome8. Scanners9. Stereo10. SpiderEastern Promises was merely okay, History of Violence was a truly awful film and made me start to worry about him.
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Of course. I mean I think that goes without saying. My personal top 10:
1) Videodrome
2) Crash
3) Scanners
4) eXistenZ
5) The Brood
6) Naked Lunch
7) The Fly
8) Dead Ringers
9) Rabid
10) M. Butterfly
Eastern Promises and A History of Violence were, as a few have already noted, wholly underwhelming entries into the Cronenberg catalogue. Spider I am just really indifferent on.
And yes, Camera from the Videodrome Criterion is sublime.
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Truly a masterpiece.
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You know good and well the films going to "malfunction" and then a mysterious figure will appear on stage. The figure will pull back the hood to reveal it's Zack Efron who will introduce an exclusive screening of "17 again". I'm not falling for it!
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I love that at least one other person here has not only seen Camera, but recognizes what a beautiful little film it is.
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I heartily recommend all you 'mericans check out Last Night if you ever get a chance. It was sort of like Canada's answer to Deep Impact or Armageddon. Essentially: There's an astronomical phenomenon that's going to destroy the Earth (Exactly what is never specified. The only clue is that there's bright daylight at midnight.) We cannot stop it. It's gonna happen. Sorry folks, no space shuttles delivering nukes to no asteroid. The movie takes place during the last night on Earth, following what people are doing in Toronto while they wait for ... whatever ... to smash things up.
Best character: David Cronenberg plays the president of the local gas company, calling every customer personally to thank them individually for their years of patronage.
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. . . Guy Maddin. So overrated.
But you coulda send out some props for Lee Demarbre, director of such classics as Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter, and Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace. He's the best no-budget director out there, hands-down. And I do mean NO-BUDGET. When Harry Knuckles leaps into his secret, high-tech hovercraft and the thing has "Gananoque Hovercraft Tours" stenciled on the side of it, you really see what no-budget really means. Hehehe. -
... you did mention Guy Madden. Oh well... My bad.
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