Films Directed by David Cronenberg (Film Guide): The Fly, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence, Scanners, Videodrome, Naked Lunch, Crash

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 28. Chapters: The Fly, Eastern Promises, A History of Violence, Scanners, Videodrome, Naked Lunch, Crash, EXistenZ, Dead Ringers, The Dead Zone, The Brood, Spider, Shivers, Rabid, A Dangerous Method, Stereo, M. Butterfly, Crimes of the Future, Fast Company, At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World, Camera, From the Drain, Transfer, Red Cars. Excerpt: The Fly is a 1986 science fiction horror film co-written and directed by David Cronenberg. Produced by 20th Century Fox and Mel Brooks, the film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz. It is a remake of the 1958 film of the same name, but retains only the basic premise of a scientist accidentally merging with a housefly during a teleportation experiment. Some critics saw the film as a metaphor for the AIDS epidemic. The score was composed by Howard Shore and the make-up effects were created by Chris Walas, who won the Academy Award for Best Makeup. Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), a brilliant but eccentric scientist, meets Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis), a journalist for Particle magazine, at a meet-the-press event held by Bartok Science Industries, the company that provides funding for Brundle's work. Seth shows Veronica a project that will change the world: a set of "Telepods" that allows instantaneous teleportation of an object from one pod to another. Veronica eventually agrees to document Seth's work. Although the telepods can transport inanimate objects perfectly, they do not work correctly on living things, as is horrifically demonstrated when a live baboon is turned inside-out during an experiment. Seth and Veronica begin a romantic relationship, and their first sexual encounter provides inspiration for Seth, who sets about successfully reprogramming the telepod computer to cope with living flesh. Seth th...