"Cinema has been permanently disrupted" - David Cronenberg (Venice 2018)

[@moeshickenyay]

Holy Jesus he looks pretty good for 75 years old.

[@jordansalfityguitarist]

moeshickenyay seriously!

[@DG-gx4sg]

Still has a nice head of hair like David Lynch

[@superneko99]

@@DG-gx4sg hair plugs maybe?

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

@@superneko99 even if they are who cares, he's still in really good shape

[@Danimal77]

@@superneko99 No way. He's always had thick hair. He's never shown any signs of balding or having had a receding hairline.

[@GregMuniz7]

I would hate a world without movie theatres. People need that experience.

[@Erasureeraser]

The thing is, it's hard for filmmakers to get their new ideas financed, atleast at it's core that's not part of a franchise movie. Look at The Irishman, we want that movie to be released in theaters but it ended up on Netflix because Netflix was the only one that financed the movie. It's a shame but it's better off that way than just nothing for Martin Scorsese

[@TheBaldr]

I kinda disagree, we can do without corporate theaters. I have a private home theater. It is so much better experience. It pisses me off that a company like Sony that makes incredible home cinema equipment decided to release it movies only in corporate theaters basically making people who buy their home systems either go out or wait months.

[@kedabro1957]

If people don't get that experiemce, what harm results?

[@plasticweapon]

they don't need that experience, and it's time to let it go.

[@nikitamcconnell8027]

i was born in 1988 and i almost never went to movies. I was watching all my favourite movies, all the important ones on the TV screen at home, on VHS. I'm a VHS person and I couldn't care less about movie theaters.

[@urrrccckostan]

Dammit, I want to watch movies with David at his house!!!

[@dylanthrillmour866]

Cronenberg has the style of Carpenter & the elegance of Lynch.

[@bacht4799]

Dylan Thrillmour you just.. “no you know what I gonna say it like it said “ FUCKING NAIL IT .. right there.. well said Sir well said..!

[@monacofederico]

Definitive

[@donmcgibbon6575]

And the outrageousness of Raimi... "GROOVY!!!"...

[@jordansalfityguitarist]

Well said!

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

umm, no. He has the style & elegance of Cronenberg.

[@jackbedient]

“I wouldn’t mind seeing Lawrence of Arabia on an Apple Watch” - David Cronenberg

[@harryanderson7282]

Like an aesthetic stake driven through David Lynch's heart. :)

[@plasticweapon]

that's because he's a yuppie sell out.

[@Visage-z6m]

Sad sarcasm i think

[@DarkAngelEU]

Well, it would be an interesting experience, so there's no harm in trying.

[@brentulstad3275]

@@Visage-z6m Obviously. People should be listening to everything else he's saying around that quote. I have heard Nicholas Winding Refn tell Gaspar Noe that he thinks he should start making films ideally for viewing on one's smart phone. That was hard to find irony or sarcasm in. And Gaspar Noe gave a sincerely confused and puzzled non-response gesture.

[@anon9245]

I've grown very tired of all this star wars/avengers it's actually killed my desire to see anything new. Then I a few weeks ago I watched Scanners then Videodrome. My faith has been restored.

[@bacontrees]

Great flix!

[@Diamond_tip]

SAME!!! Ugh

[@DarkAngelEU]

You should thank streaming and Disney for that. They're killing cinéma as an artform.

[@kevinknight1924]

Don’t make them like this anymore do they. I’m 52 in 2020 and you’re right all these wizz bang movies fuck em . Imagine doing good bad and ugly now. Wouldn’t happen

[@DarkAngelEU]

@Ryan Jones I'm not crying, I love Marvel movies! Just saying that if everyone is focused on big movie, it will become harder for small theatres and arthouse cinéma to survive.

[@TheVampirePredator]

Lynch, Cronenberg, and the Coens were directly responsible for the interpretive cinema craze from the late 80s to the early 90s.

[@Erasureeraser]

Coens in the 2000s too. I mean No Country for Old Men is everything for cinema

[@MicahMicahel]

@@Erasureeraser no soundtrack? Adaptation with no real sense of humour? Change of pace for them but was it a Coen film? I think it's over rated and the last Coen brothers movie was that Hollywood one. It wasn't great but it was their style. No country for old men was considered so great because it was done by Coen when it seemed obvious they should be celebrated. A Serious Man was their last great movie. Loyd Lewelleyn was good but not great like their old ones. Why? Did they lose it? Look at them now.. well one of them. Just awful.

[@petrosbele9886]

Ι LOVE HIM

[@ernestoyounes2946]

I really need to see Cronenberg once in a lifetime doing a crossover movies with David Lynch. That would yield the best masterpiece of all time. Loved it, loved all of his movies - especially Crash, his best work.

[@bacontrees]

If they made a movie together, and I watched it, I may end up in a psych ward! Or, maybe just spend the rest of my life guessing at the meaning of it. :-)

[@aaronshouting588]

Kind of a big risk putting two big creative heads together in one room. But it’d be cool to see what the Davids can do together!

[@PJ-cm8ix]

@@friendlyfirefighter4645 Hard agree, David Lynch wishes he was as good as Cronenberg 😌

[@MicahMicahel]

@@PJ-cm8ix THat's silly. Croneneberg's stye is very classical. Lynch has and more innovative quality. Cronenberg's innovation is more in the writing department than film. Cronenberg also doesn't have a full humanity. Lynch is more sentimental or something. Lynch has full humanity. Cronenberg is very detached, unlike Lynch. Cronenberg has no soul but Lynch has one. Cronenberg would laugh first and agree with me probably.

[@lonestar6709]

A fabulous filmmaker. Cronenberg never lets me down.

[@JuanTheBone]

Oh hey, a cinema legend that isn't cynical about the future.

[@adrianmccombe625]

"Retro" this is so true and rather than rebel against Cinemas changing, Cronenberg has embraced it. One of the best story tellers/directors of all time.

[@MicahMicahel]

except his movies lowered in quality after he stopped film. the idea is he thinks a different way not pre planning as much in digital. he needed film looking at the results. cosmopolis wasn't good. he used a computer program to write the script and had it done in 6 days. the script wasn't as good as Naked Lunch or Crash... or even Scanners!

[@RedVelvetUnderground333]

Is that an official house invite

[@moarroz]

Deadass! Obviously not now haha

[@MicahMicahel]

@@moarroz I kind of wish i visited David Cronenberg. that's kind of wild. I could've visited him and watched a movie in his personal theater?

[@BeatrizSaldanha]

He's wonderful, I love him.

[@afterceasetoexist]

3:10 is Rabid, not Shivers, but close enough lol

[@bacontrees]

Nice! One problem.....'Rabid' was 1977 (3:10) but shown as 'Shivers'. A simple editing error, I am guessing. I have been a fan of Mr. D.C. since the early 1980's.

[@mariolooney70]

Omg Cronenberg looks fit at 75

[@regdwight235]

Cronenberg is one of the greatest living directors the other being Lynch The two David’s . Both created a new visual language Adore all his movies and could listen to him talk all day long

[@Thatdanfam]

I love what he’s talking about it’s just true times always change You just have to change with them

[@TheLiveMusicGroup]

Brilliant!

[@lucasa_0485]

I agree with David. But seeing Spiderman (even if it’s a Marvel movie) having so many people going to the cinema in the peak of a pandemic gives me hope. People are incredibly hyped for new movies from people like Jordan Peele, Ari Aster, Robert Eggers, the two good Andersons and people like them who are keeping films in cinema alive. We’ll keep that flame lit.

[@HiddenHandMedia]

Peak of a pandemic?

[@stephantranquille6681]

LEGEND

[@mistert4522]

Hi, can anybody identify the little tune played at the beginning of this (0:14), please?

[@asliucar4514]

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[@Zeitgeist6]

I love his sense of humor. Great filmmaker.

[@davidlevy4291]

The fact that he talks about La Strada and a whole audience of italian Torotonians Crying from it!

[@nathanaeldraper]

He is right. Finding parking in Toronto is a pain in the ass.

[@MaryWild]

Maestro

[@mase8444]

I wish he gave out his phone number instead of his address. Just to call him and talk about movies would be cool

[@majimasmajimemes1156]

He wasn't quite right, seeing as there are Netflix movies that now get limited releases in cinemas. I think we have to get used to cinemas becoming a more exclusive experience with special selections, rather than the common way of experiencing movies.

[@hypnos9336]

I would pay good money to go to Cronenberg's house to watch a movie with him

[@ikd3240]

Cronenberg and Lynch are my favorite film directors.

[@bongoseropersa5240]

His way of speaking reminds of chomsky for some reason

[@markdpricemusic1574]

If you are watching this, you might want to get a copy of ''Children of the New Flesh'' by Chris Kelso et. al - its a great book exploring Croneberg's early works and development. M.

[@pk1645]

That is his real address by the way.

[@donmcgibbon6575]

"The horror... The horror!....... " [Kurtz -- "Heart of Darkness"/"Apocalypse Now"]

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

We need to bring back independent cinemas. They've all been taken by the hypercapitalist monopoly that feels no different than "classic" Hollywood's control over the entertainment industry. A lot of these directors like Cronenberg but even some bigger contemporaries got their start doing smaller, more insular and "trashier" films. Just look at Spielberg's first movie Duel for a good example there. But these guys (and ladies in some cases too) got successful through building and embracing a community. That's what we've lost in the 21st century, sadly. Not just in cinema but in society in general. We have no sense of community, of brotherhood and unconditional mutual support for one another as people. It's all been turned into competition and transaction for personal gain, both out of selfishness and out of the often too real fear that we will fall into precarity without a moment's notice. So I guess what I'm saying here is, if you want to see great filmmakers who aren't limited by corporate pressure, you've got to build these communities with your fellow humans and bond over your shared passions. Don't just make something on your own, make it together with the people you have a community with. Cronenberg certainly couldn't have done any of his masterpieces without help from all the people he's worked with over the years, the director's only ever one piece of a much larger puzzle. But definitely do it. Whether you have a decent budget saved up or you're making something in your garage or the middle of the woods with spare pieces, if you have integrity and a vision TOGETHER you can make it work. And build that community. If you're not a filmmaker but know some in your locality, consider getting an independent theater started, even if it's out of your own apartment or whatever. Everybody has to start somewhere. Don't be afraid of what people might think, fuck 'em. Work together, don't compete, instead share your art with one another. This is how creativity is fostered. Alright that's the end of this ramble, maybe somebody will find it helpful.

[@MariaMorales-yw6ru]

Well said

[@harryanderson7282]

Cronenberg's comments regarding the death of the cinema are as profound as they are poignant.

[@stephenkissane4268]

You'll never get a screen as big as cinema and they thought TV would kill cinema

[@christianhoverport3984]

Christian Catholics in the light

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

Solve your problems with inviting people to Canada and I'll come

[@christianhoverport3984]

And the sun is a white orb in the sky at noon

[@jackthenarrator4735]

It breaks my heart to hear Cronenberg talk like this. If you compare this Q&A with interviews he gave 10-15 years ago, you can clearly tell he doesn't care anymore. Makes me hella sad.

[@JazziG59]

Decker!

[@sabrinatscha2554]

I would have thought it to have more to do with the fact that not a single movie released in the better part of a decade is worth sitting through. BUT that’s just my opinion.

[@kevinmorthorst521]

Agreed

[@mr.blobberry3112]

He sounds like a less depressed version of george lucas

[@kevincasey8278]

kinda a smart alec.

[@christianhoverport3984]

Christian Camacho Lord of the Abercrombie black n white film doing tango Argentine scene with Kristen

[@theharpsichordofmozart4258]

Artuer.

[@kevinknight1924]

You were a true genius. Won’t make films again like you did. Beautiful man that made horrific human movies. Humans were the monsters. Rare in today’s movies except maybe Rob Zombie

[@THE.N1KO]

I would say Guillermo del Toro too. In his films there's at least one character who is more a monster than the monster itself.

[@MicahMicahel]

@@THE.N1KO Del Toro made a few good movies. His movies lack soul. CGI tests that have too much CGOI. I loved crimson peak. sort of.. too much cgi. It wasn't needed. We don't need goofy cgi ghosts. the styles clash in his own movie. He was a disappoint meant. I thought he was going to do better stuff.

[@pk1645]

I can’t think of another around that long that stays as fresh...It’s ridiculous. Woody Allen makes a movie every year and other directors make whatever they want to. Here’s one of our greatest directors and he has so much trouble getting his movies made.” Viggo Mortenson on David Cronenberg variety.com/2016/film/news/cannes-viggo-mortensen-talks-trump-david-cronenberg-collaboration-1201771333/

[@DarkAngelEU]

Woody Allen is what's wrong with Hollywood... Too many neurotic, self-absorbed kids trying to purify themselves with illusions. Hollywood fucked us up good, and now it's paying for it, but in a very sad, boring, bland, sleight of hand kinda manner. Only a few have the guts to give us some real horror show.

[@pk1645]

Very well said.

[@MicahMicahel]

@@DarkAngelEU Woody Allen has always been independent. he shoots his movies in two weeks. And he makes them in new york but lately in europe. he's not hollywood. His approach is also nothing like hollywood. his style is classical and more rooted in older movies than new Hollywood. His movies were always adult and intelligent.... and not typical of american movies. he was always unique. he might be some kid of pervert but his work is solid. Maybe you want psycho clown mime movies?

[@DarkAngelEU]

@@MicahMicahel I want neither, because I don't care about superficial fantasies that don't adhere any kind of meaning. Woody Allen movies might make you feel good and romantic or whatever, but the guy's a self-fellating asshole, so what does it even matter to watch them? You'd be much better off watching Truffaut, Godard, Ducourneau, anything French because Allen is a cheap imitation of those movies, and ofcourse he has to be in there as the womanizer/pseudo-intellectual artist/whatever persona he believes he can hide behind for what he really is, a worm.

[@christianhoverport3984]

However,....shakespear

[@horrorfanforlife8664]

He looks alot like Howard Stern

[@vandolmatzis8146]

I watched Lawrence of Arabia on 70ml It was a religious experience.

[@christianhoverport3984]

The new Cinema... White breed in Italian cinema, could we do that?

[@christianhoverport3984]

White not blonde alephs

[@christianhoverport3984]

Shakespear WHITE

[@JohnInTheShelter]

I admire him, but I selfishly wish he'd go back to making horror movies.

[@donniedarko979]

It’s dead now sir

[@christianhoverport3984]

Ill

[@handyalley2350]

קרוננברג לאט לאט הופך לאייל שני, ולהפך

[@plasticweapon]

"cinema as been permanently disrupted", yeah, especially his. this guy sold out long ago, and now he makes the most shoddy, substandard trash imaginable. everything he made after "crash" could have been made by anybody and isn't even well made, and at least half his audience doesn't seem to care. they think he's the same old cronenberg because they're apparently that hypnotized by his name and reputation. it's nice that he finally did something creative again, and wrote a novel. i really hope he doesn't make any more films.

[@brakonikolic1446]

You think that Eastern Promises and A History of Violence are trash??

[@eviled2925]

I've enjoyed all his recent films

[@Kairokairi656]

@@brakonikolic1446 apparently because an artist is branching out and there aren’t any ew creepy body horror moments Cronenberg “sold out”

[@neighborhoodmusicsnob5517]

you can always just watch his classic movies again. he's done enough for two lifetimes, let the man make whatever he wants now. his son is a really promising filmmaker too, Possessor wasn't amazing but I did like a lot of the ideas and hope to see how he evolves in his own right.

[@plasticweapon]

@@brakonikolic1446 i think eastern promises is trash, a history of violence IS trash.