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Quint and David Cronenberg discuss EASTERN PROMISES and THE FLY OPERA!!!

15th by onemanarmy	Dec 18th, 2007 03:52:19 PM
ftw!
First by v1	Dec 18th, 2007 03:52:22 PM
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Doh... by v1	Dec 18th, 2007 03:53:07 PM
Second it is. Damn you onemanarmy. Damn you to hell.
IV by BigTexas42	Dec 18th, 2007 03:53:35 PM
yea, i said it
FIRST by polyh3dron	Dec 18th, 2007 03:56:25 PM
FAMMIT
Damnit...way ahead of 15th. by onemanarmy	Dec 18th, 2007 03:56:46 PM
History of Violence kicked ass. Cronenberg does great work...now for Christmas can we all have a little "Sound-o-Text" with Naomi Watts using a porno voice?
Sorry v1... by onemanarmy	Dec 18th, 2007 03:58:13 PM
...but I'm all about getting some porno voice action on the TB's.
can't wait to see this by BigTexas42	Dec 18th, 2007 04:01:22 PM
cuz none of the shitty ass theaters in the town i currently reside had the balls to show it. nope, we got mr. woodcock for a 6 week run, though. sometimes i hate small towns. at leat the beer is cheap.
Thank you, Mr. Cronenberg! by Strabo	Dec 18th, 2007 04:32:15 PM
AHOV and EP are two of my favorite movies from the last few years. Seriously, brilliant work. Please don't make us wait long for another film! And keep hiring Viggo!
Good interview by supermarch	Dec 18th, 2007 04:36:03 PM
as usual Quint.
Where's the Ferrari film David? by Stuntcock Mike	Dec 18th, 2007 04:41:58 PM
Must. Have. Now.
Chuck Norris prays to Viggo... by Christopher3	Dec 18th, 2007 04:52:49 PM
To win the lottery.
P.S. by Christopher3	Dec 18th, 2007 04:54:54 PM
A Fly Opera? That's weirder than Taymor's Spider-Man thing.
Ah yes, Cronenberg... by Sledge Hammer	Dec 18th, 2007 05:14:23 PM
I'll see any film the man makes, guaranteed. I'd love to be able to see that Fly opera too, but yeah, that aint ever likely to happen, unless they were to release a recorded performance on dvd or something. Oh, and speaking of Cronenberg and Opera, when the hell is M Butterfly going to be released on DVD. It's the only one of his films that I don't have on shiny disc damn it.
Sorry, but an opera IS a musical by Riley Martin	Dec 18th, 2007 05:26:26 PM
Semantics
I thought Cassel was the standout by CherryValance	Dec 18th, 2007 05:32:40 PM
in Eastern Promises. It's a shame you didn't get a chance to ask about him.
A History of Violence was awesome... by raw_bean	Dec 18th, 2007 05:52:20 PM
...and Eastern Promises was even better. You think so, CherryValance? I thought he was good, as was most of the cast (Watts included), but it was all about the Viggo. And his balls.
You're the man Quint by T 1000 xp professional	Dec 18th, 2007 06:02:39 PM
...oh yeah Cronenberg too lol
I want to have coffee w/ Lynch, Cronenberg, Jarmusch, Jodorowsky by kirttrik	Dec 18th, 2007 06:09:54 PM
the quiet weird guy who works for Payroll at my job. The winner of the coffee debate will get the honorary title of Weirdo King.
I would also like Takeshi Miike to be there with a translator by kirttrik	Dec 18th, 2007 06:10:25 PM

Holy Shit! I can't even count the ways in which I don't care ab by landrvr1	Dec 18th, 2007 07:06:53 PM
yup
25TH BITCHES!!! by BurgerTime	Dec 18th, 2007 07:56:00 PM
Who's laughing now?
GMONAY1130... by Dr.Rooney	Dec 18th, 2007 10:20:43 PM
One-sided fan boys- that's what this site is made up of. Quint has no objective opinion...never will. Self-centered geek boys are like that.
wasn't he also 'viggo the butch'? by ironic_name	Dec 18th, 2007 10:42:09 PM
that is it. go back to work.
What's scary? by darrenspool	Dec 18th, 2007 11:17:08 PM
http://tinyurl.com/2lj3kc
Post of the day: landrvr1 by Vern	Dec 19th, 2007 03:08:06 AM
That was awesome dude. So what if Cronenberg has been making good to great movies from the '70s and just keeps on getting better, his last two being among the best movies of their respective years? Who cares if he directed The Brood, Scanners, The Fly and Naked Lunch to name only a few? Who cares? Not landrvr1! He can't even count the ways that he doesn't care! He can't even finish the sentence about how much he doesn't care! He can't even spell out the word rover! This motherfucker is my God, I can't even count the ways that I w
Good interview, Quint by OtisSpofford	Dec 19th, 2007 04:20:36 AM
I also have been a fan of Cronenberg since Scanners, The Brood, Videodrome... The Fly is poetry, brought down just a bit by the limitations of makeup EFX at the time... And listening to the commentary on Spider is like going to a great film class... Cronenberg is a unique talent and always worth seeing - thanks for bringing us more of him!
vern by OtisSpofford	Dec 19th, 2007 04:21:06 AM
You sir, rock.
I can't wait to finally see Eastern Promises... by just pillow talk	Dec 19th, 2007 07:17:00 AM
Really enjoyed History of Violence, and Viggo is the man. "We hear that we get thumbs up from Russian mobsters. My joke is that we don’t know who’s thumbs they actually are…" That's pretty funny...
Hats off to CronenKing by Dr Uwe Boll	Dec 19th, 2007 07:44:03 AM
Don't know about this Fly Opera thing but everything else in the Cronenrepertoire is okidoke by moi. I'd like to see a return to the more filthy/slushy alien type things (ala Existenz, Videodrome) but otherwise - carry on as per normal. Appreciated the Cronenupdate Quint.
Dr. Uwe Boll by BurgerTime	Dec 19th, 2007 07:58:01 AM
I second that. Cronenberg was one of those guys who populated my imagination with dreadfully nightmarish things. Videodrome? Peter Weller sticking that videotape into his fucked up vagi-hole? That absolutely horrible moment at the end of The Fly where Brundle is so mangled beyond recognition by his experiments he fucking BEGS to chew on some shotgun pellets? Fuck. Even Dead Ringers got me with those psycho brothers and their twisted gyno instruments. Cronenberg always surprised with how deeply dark and twisted his visions were. And they always had a lot more going on under the hood than most horror flicks did. Let's get back to some of THAT. If I can get to see one more head Cronenblow like that one in Scanners did, fuck, I'll be set for life. Shazaaam!!!
PETER WELLER? by BurgerTime	Dec 19th, 2007 08:00:54 AM

METHINKS IT WAS JAMES WOODS NOW by BurgerTime	Dec 19th, 2007 08:01:44 AM
Meh. I can never tell those guys appart. Booya.
heyscot by heyscot	Dec 19th, 2007 08:25:41 AM
LOVE David Cronenberg. What a unique voice in American film! I really liked him on his guest spot on "Alias" too, but my God "History of Violence" was yet another great Cronenberg movie! I haven't seen "Eastern Promises" yet but I'm going to rent it as soon as I can. I heard the movie is fantastic. Thanks a lot for the interview, Quint, and thanks Mr. Cronenberg. I can't wait to see the Alan Rickman interview, because Rickman is one of the best actors of his freakin' generation!!
What I'd ask Cronenberg by bingo the clown	Dec 19th, 2007 08:50:12 AM
1) There's a scene in the book Crash where Ballard hallucinates merging with his car that feels very "Cronenbergesque". Why did you leave that out of the movie? 2) Night Breed: what was up with that?
Eastern Promises was the best film I've seen this year. by William Landis	Dec 19th, 2007 09:17:18 AM
Didn't realise one of those Chechen thugs was Tamer Hassan from The Football Factory until I IMDb'd it. Also, it was a bit strange hearing Liberty X in the brothel scene. You see, I'm from England and Liberty X were a group formed from the losers (sorry, "runners up") of a Simon Cowell-type reality TV thing, so I never thought I'd see the day when the Canadian master of body horror and Liberty X collide! Also, you wouldn't believe how much my mum wanted to go to the cinema when I told her that Viggo (a.k.a. The One All Women of a Certain Age Seem to Fancy from Lord of the Rings) goes naked for some considerable amount of time. Funny that, cos the Russian Mafia aren't usually her cup of tea...
"was" and still is! by William Landis	Dec 19th, 2007 09:20:14 AM
I'm sure mums across the world have already pre-ordered there HD version! ;)
I'm loving the Sound-O-Text by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 19th, 2007 10:23:01 AM
You don't see that too often. Nice job, Quint! Croney does sound a little like a Canadian Kermit the Frog, though.
Cronenberg fracking rocks! by Motoko Kusanagi	Dec 19th, 2007 11:23:44 AM
Period.
Cronenberg by MacTard420	Dec 19th, 2007 12:42:26 PM
I am just starting to see his earlier works. I love the Fly. A History of Violence and Eastern Promises are both ultra badass!! Next up for me is Videodrome.
Vern, I believer landrvr's sentence was cut off by by Maniaq	Dec 19th, 2007 02:06:03 PM
THE WEBSITE!! Harry, are you listening??? Get your webmonkeys onto this already! I can't even begin to count the ways these talkbacks n
AnimalStructure... by TELF	Dec 19th, 2007 08:48:15 PM
Blue is also the best colour. Green is complete and utter garbage. Sweet things are better than savoury. Anyone who tells you different is an imbecile.
"Unfortunately, AHOV was pure and utter garbage" by PastePotPete	Dec 20th, 2007 09:44:37 AM
Get married, have a sexual experience once in a while, and raise some kids. You may appreciate AHOV a bit more.
Fly the Opera by skimn	Dec 20th, 2007 11:09:08 AM
"Please don't hate me, I've nothing against yoouuuu, while I puke acid upon your shoooeee.."
Riley Martin by hst666	Dec 20th, 2007 05:09:11 PM
Operas are not musicals. In Operas, every single line is sung. Musicals are plays interrupted by songs. Oh, and musicals are gay.
Cronenberg is great but by kilik777	Dec 21st, 2007 10:04:28 AM
I think he should get over the whole History of Violence, Eastern Promises vibe. They were both solid but i know he is capable of much more. I think Existenz is his best movie overall and I wish he would do something else along those lines. http://tinyurl.com/pv8do

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