Cronenberg on Cronenberg

0:00 Adolescence
4:48 Shivers
13:02 Cinema & Video
15:53 Videodrome
21:17 eXistenZ
27:58 Spider
41:58 A History of Violence
48:12 Viggo Mortensen
50:16 Eastern Promises
59:27 A Dangerous Method
1:14:08 Cosmopolis
1:24:36 70
1:25:40 Creativity

[@cinematographos]

0:00 Adolescence 4:48 Shivers 13:02 Cinema & Video 15:53 Videodrome 21:17 eXistenZ 27:58 Spider 41:58 A History of Violence 48:12 Viggo Mortensen 50:16 Eastern Promises 59:27 A Dangerous Method 1:14:08 Cosmopolis 1:24:36 70 1:25:40 Creativity

[@nateatwell1126]

+cinematographos Thank you!

[@artkinful]

+cinematographos cheers!

[@rlfstr]

15:53 Videodrome

[@samwood119]

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[@thisnameztaken]

rlfstr I love that movie!! My first introduction to his work.

[@jinkazama3670]

I could listen to this guy talk for hours. In fact, I just did.

[@valice4712]

+Jin Kazama Me too. I never knew these things before

[@khalidamajoud2437]

Easily one of the most intelligent movie directors. Superior intellect combined with a great sensitivity...

[@CryingZombie666]

hi

[@regdwight235]

Cronenberg is for me along with lynch the greatest living director Created a new cinematic language Adore all his movies Genius

[@TheBurning1981]

One of the best directors ever!

[@Emulous79]

What I find amazing is a line from Videodrome: "Soon, all of us will have special names.". This is possibly a futuristic vision of the Internet :O

[@countfloydschillerhorrorth2090]

LOL, I wrongly remembered it as "Soon, all of us will have special needs," which eerily mirrors the extreme rise in autism which mimics the Body Changes Cronenberg delves into.

[@MrStrakmudflap]

Count Floyds Chiller Horror Theatre 3000 extreme rise in autism?

[@jackaction7077]

And we have become soft here in the U.S...and desensitized to extreme violence..this movie predicted alot and here we are.

[@evansgate]

that's a line lifted directly from Marshall McLuhan, who was one of the inspirations behind the philosophy of that film

[@martin9457m]

Watching a David Cronenberg interview is a very amazing experience. What an eloquent, elegant, mastermind speaking about what he loves to do.

[@Ukiyo-e-sama]

Very intelligent und interesting person!

[@Emulous79]

This guy was born in the same year as Jim Morrison. Both very insightful, dealing with dark and dangerous things, the latter taking it into his life, which killed him. Cronenberg as a person seems very sensitive and thoughtful. He lets out his intellect and emotion in his films brilliantly. A rare fish, indeed.

[@jackaction7077]

The most intelligent and one of my favorite directors ever..He seemed to predict the future in alot of his movies

[@MrDonaldmaddog]

Perfect interview. The person doing the segment just poses a question and lets Cronenburg respond. A refreshing change from the usual interview where the person tries to focus the interview to himself and NOT the person you WANT to listen to. Cronenburg is a genius. "History of Violence" is one of his best films.

[@markusforsberg6741]

Oh yeah along with shivers the fly the dead zone the fly videodrome the brood nightbreed scanners.🖤😆

[@bobdobbs7000]

Donald Waits : Judging from your comment, I assume you're already quite familiar with his body of work. If you've already seen " Crash " I highly recommend you read the book by J.G.Ballard. I read the book first, and although I did enjoy David's film I was a bit letdown. It may have been because I read Ballard's book about 10 years before the movie was made so, I'm sure my preconceived notions played a part in that. So, If you've already watched the movie I think you'll really dig the book. D.C. is easily one of my all-time fave directors. And, I agree with your assessment of the interview. Ciao!

[@houstonionthegreat]

The interviewer doesn't even have a microphone

[@leachjason111]

@@markusforsberg6741Dead Ringers...Naked Lunch? -Nightbreed directed by Clive Barker...Cronenberg acted in it and Jason X. His son's movie...The Possessor was disturbingly amazing too

[@royalonyx2919]

i realize I'm kind of randomly asking but do anybody know of a good site to watch newly released movies online ?

[@racheledwards2352]

Love David Cronenberg. This was a fascinating interview. God, he should teach film

[@genuineletter]

well he does. according to him, you really learn by watching movies which he makes. so technically, he does teach film.

[@knownpleasures]

@@genuineletterthat’s not formal teaching which he was referring to

[@genuineletter]

if you listen to him I think he is implying just what I said. At least I dont think Cronenberg is a very formal guy education wise, but thats just my opinion.@@knownpleasures

[@racheledwards2352]

Well, let's all agree David Cronenberg is one of the best modern filmmakers of our time, yes

[@backpackmatt]

Thank you, David, for helping people to see the pain from the insights of horror.

[@johnnyhq27xx7]

As they get older and their work rate lessens, it pains me that there will never be another Cronenberg, Carpenter or Argento.

[@pigeonboy7696]

I’ll do my best

[@harryanderson7282]

Not so much with Cronenberg, but neither Carpenter or Argento could translate themselves fully into the digital age, as their aesthetics homes were always in 35mm.

[@ismaelelalaoui5270]

100% agreed. Those 3 cannot ever be matched. In other styles the same can be said about Peckinpah, Friedkin and Cimino.

[@jesussantos-pena1814]

but you have now Crimes of the future.

[@sg639]

I would mention Alejandro Jodorowsky, too.

[@videogamesart8057]

One of the best directors and screenwriters ever, ahead of his time, still actual. He changed the imagery of people and artists all around the world. His thoughts about technology and biology are truly deep and influencial. A rare commistion of ambition, smartness, sensitivity, scientific erudition, high rationality, artistic visions.

[@mikamiteru57]

Cronenberg is such an attractive man for his age and not only for the physical part but the way he talks and expresses. He's my new crush *.*

[@KreepiPati]

Have you seen videos of him when he was younger? He was a total hottie!

[@mikamiteru57]

KreepiPati he IS A HOTTIE :P damn I love him 😍

[@mikamiteru57]

It's not about I like men who are way too older than me or having daddy/grandpa issues. I like older men (40 to 50), I don't think I'm sick or something like that.

[@mikamiteru57]

The fact that I feel attracted to older men doesn't mean I must go out with the first one who asks me. Also, I don't live in North America. Sorry.

[@mikamiteru57]

What is the problem with people like you who always say things about someone who they don't even know? Even if I had a traumatic childhood, it's none of your business.

[@cherryblossom7944]

Such a fascinating, intelligent and erudite man.

[@triniticoclough6387]

How so? He sounds like everyone else that has made great films!

[@thisnameztaken]

Triniti Coclough he sounds deeper than Tarantino, for example.

[@madseason5614]

Long live the new flesh!

[@dante224real1]

this guy inspires me on so many levels. a self-taught brilliant film maker who soaked in the method of film making through film viewing. i want to be like him one day.

[@dante224real1]

long live the new flesh.

[@PackCorey]

I once had an idea for a movie that I could see Cronenberg directing. It was something like a crime-drama mixed with a murder-mystery thriller. Something like The Departed meets Se7en or Criminal Minds (TV series) meets The Shield (TV series) but as a movie. The story centered two female protagonists in their late twenties to early thirties. One woman was a straight-laced and brilliant FBI agent who is assigned to recruit and lead an elite team of special agents to track down and capture a cunning yet highly-intelligent serial killer who starts targeting her and her team when they get too close to his tail. The other woman is a hard edged and unorthodox DEA agent who goes rogue by going undercover and infiltrating a notorious crime-boss' organization and uses illegal and unethical tactics to destroy his empire including igniting a war between his gang and the other crime families of the city. Her ultimate goal is to kill him and his crew in retribution for her murdered son who she believes he's responsible for. The two young women's lives and investigations eventually collide and they both begin to realize that their cases are somehow connected to each other. What do you think about that? Do think it's a kinda film that Cronenberg would direct?

[@sashajean563]

CroIx

[@TheseBitchesWantNikes]

Maybe later Cronenberg. But idk It feels more like a Michael Mann/William Friedkin movie which, trust me, is a compliment.

[@dante224real1]

all very fine directors in my opinion. i just love cronenburg's choice of framing, style of edits, angles, and practical effects and actors. he cares about character stories and high concept art. i love this guy!

[@tednorton5150]

Remembering the traumatic effects of Disney films is VERY telling about him.

[@thisnameztaken]

Byron Dunbar Most people aren’t that perceptive or self aware. And sometimes it’s the subtle things or seemingly benign that have a strong effect on us.

[@yohei72]

Actually, I feel like if I had a dollar for every person who said those classic Disney cartoons (especially "Bambi") traumatized them as kids, I could retire right now. I remember Dustin Hoffmann, for one example, saying of Bambi, "That shit should've been R-rated!"

[@StephenDedalus74]

Yeah, and The Blue Lagoon too !!! Oh man, he killed me with this one !

[@karenc4544]

Horror directors should be made to study Bambi as an example of how to set up characters and theme in order to make the horror more visceral…Watership Down and Secret of Nimh also comes to mind lol.

[@karenc4544]

Has anyone else noticed that Cronenberg seems to have complicated opinions about people being punished for downloading images, such as child porn?! (Child porn is the example he himself uses.) He seems to think that is a remarkable idea, to arrest such people. I wish the interviewer had challenged him about “just” clicking on or seeking images like that, as if there’s no real harm involved.

[@jetblach]

The Brood was great as well. If you use the symbolic effects of how divorce can alter DNA family trees that is. Many people would have a hard time realizing that at first, but if you know that Cronenberg was going through a painful divorce and custody battle, then the movie makes so much sense.

[@abointedtoyblingofmats]

it's called telegony

[@mycuteb]

In my Life i saw, a few Cronenberg movies, but nothing really sticked with me except eastern promises. Recently i came around to See videodrome and i was blown away, He was much ahead of His time a truly visionary director. This great Interview also confirms that, his remarks on identiy and self, exceptional. I have to revisit His Films, thx for the Interview.

[@th3giv3r]

His manner of speaking echoes Noam Chomsky, if only on a purely superficial level.

[@JoshLavian]

Shit, I just wrote that, and saw your comment right after. He even kind of looks like him a little.

[@PedroDias-hj2jy]

Very true

[@alexthiebaut2195]

Thank you for this interview, Cronenbers and his film is so captivating, one of the very best director

[@joesatmosfere]

Probably THE most underrated film maker ever! He makes movies that make adults think, no matter the genre he does.

[@mattgilbert7347]

One of the most interesting minds ever to tackle the art of filmmaking.

[@jasoncraig606]

Wow. Haven’t watched his films for years, now I need to see them all again.

[@GuggenheimColette]

Excellent interview ,perfect timing as it come to me the rigth time - day with nice rain in the garden,many thanks for sharing_______Colette

[@fnordone]

thank you kind sir/madame/serial lunatic, etc. All I know is: that was the most informative interview on line that I've seen. Mr. Cronenberg is a major influence on my life, through his art… to hear him speak so eloquently about the works that still shape me… awesome! fnord!

[@RabidToys]

Increíble mente creativa, gracias por todo lo que he disfrutado David. Gracias visionario.

[@ColJochen]

David Cronenberg is most def a genius. What I like about him is how articulate and lucid he is being an artist. He is very imaginative, insightful and deep. This shows through in his films. I also like he he touches on very explicit subject matter in a way that goes far beyond shock value or simply for effect.

[@Federico-cc7hc]

ColJochen his book, "Consumed", certifies what you say. Immensely culturate, educated, he also masters the art of writing.

[@triniticoclough6387]

well Existenz was terrible but his other films were awesome!

[@brnnbks]

Thanks for sharing this. Amazing interview

[@McArio1]

Existenz is one of the great scifi movies ever and Cronenberg a genius.

[@tednorton5150]

+McArio1 of all the flims that COULD be a tv series, I cannot fathom why they didn't franchise that one.

[@stukker]

eXistenZ is not the only and either the most gay related film of Cronenberg. People who have the least affinity to any kind of art have no problem with it at all.

[@davsny5]

"Tell me the truth" "Are we still in the game?"

[@muddywatters9369]

You had me at "As a child..."

[@a_tabaza]

I could not have asked for a better interview. Kudos.

[@MaryWild]

Thank you for uploading this sensational interview.

[@kab4292]

Apparently the 1949 Blue Lagoon had a very different feel than the 1980 version.

[@mars2803]

What a wonderful mind ❤

[@alborznazari]

Watched that till the end. Wonderful director! ingenious.

[@newjerseydiablo]

One of the most creative cinematic minds of our time, and a true master filmmaker! It’s unbelievable how much Cronenberg was so ahead of his time!

[@disconnected22]

Out of the three Davids (the others being Lynch and Fincher), he is still my favorite. I don't think he's ever made a bad film.

[@otflipz1]

I think its completely stupid to compare them

[@tednorton5150]

otflipz1 Nobody compared anything. Someone said they had a favorite David.

[@otflipz1]

surly a comparison of sorts must of taken place in order to determine which david was the favourite

[@tednorton5150]

otflipz1 No , I think it was very personal and fixed opinion based on three Davids.

[@otflipz1]

ok thanks

[@Chesterton7]

Excellent interview.

[@SRG1966]

Love his work.

[@charlesdallagnol1462]

GREAT channel thank YOU

[@Patrick-df5fo]

I became a fan of his when I first saw the movie "Scanners" & then when VHS came out, one of the first movies I rented was "Videodrome" & when he remade the classic 50's horror movie "The Fly" just blew me away! Such a great director!!!

[@moonweenight3903]

This man is a god damn genius.

[@amineb5922]

Great film director I like his films especialy Crash (1996)

[@DS8379]

Fascinating man and a Great filmmaker!

[@cttheking]

The Fly was Cronenbergs masterpiece. A love story in a horror movie. Never has been done ✔

[@sg639]

I think there was something marvelous about his interpretation of The Dead Zone. ...And, looking back at your remark, DZ was also a love story.

[@DendelionBlu]

Look I love the Fly. A lot. But what are you talking about? A love story in a horror movie has never been done? You can't be serious right? La Belle et la Bête by Jean Cocteau in 1946? Phantom of the Opera? Literally HUNDREDS of other movies before? Come on dude, watch some movies will ya? :D

[@MicrophonicFool]

Being a Canadian, we enjoy celebrating our best so that we can feel good about ourselves in comparison with the Big Brother to the south. Many people do not and will not like his movies, but if you've watched any of this interview and have not figured out how decent this person is, then there is no help for you at all!

[@silentsentinel1]

3:44 “I never went to film school.” That’s why the movies are good.

[@superneko99]

Woah man

[@plasticweapon]

@@superneko99 woah man, what? it's true.

[@rickdunkley2919]

Fascinating repertoire of films. My personal favorites are Scanners, Videodrome, The Dead Zone, Naked Lunch, eXistenZ, and Eastern Promises. Scanners and The Fly were creepy when I was a kid (especially Scanners with the exploding head.) I can definitely especially appreciate the idea of keeping the Canadian approach to making films. He has traditionally filmed in Canada for example. I think it gives a nice different perspective and flavor.

[@windycitytoast]

Cronenberg, Jarmusch and Lynch.. directors all worth living for.. never have been disappointed after watching a Cronenberg film.. Even his so called " mainstream films" and I only mean mainstream in the sense that they have a mainstream distributor(Focus Films) like A History of Violence and Eastern Promises are great.. but I must say my favorites are Shivers, The Fly, Videodrome, Crash and Spider.

[@SkinnyEMedia]

Cronenberg is one of the brightest filmmakers around despite being so disturbing in his vision. I'd be more than happy to have a cup of coffee with this bloke. He's something else.

[@gabrielegagliardi3956]

32:07 invasion of the body snatchers...Cronenberg is such a scifi fan. Love the man, his visione, everything

[@donraid8277]

Absolute legend !

[@grzegorzaaa]

Świetny twórca, jeden z moich ulubieńców. Tylko, że ja go cenię za lata 70-te, 80-te i pierwszą połowę 90-tych. David, wróć do tych klimatów.

[@Amiga500_User]

A brilliant director and a highly intelligent man.

[@daronsebelius8160]

I do love both of their works though for the horror and the comedy.

[@seagrey75]

Another remarkable director: Shinya Tsukamoto....

[@experimentalactor]

I loved the Warhol show he curated a few years ago in Toronto at the AGO

[@CalebBeecher]

Very interesting

[@AcaciodeLimaFirminoLima]

very good I like in movie terror , congratulation ..........

[@karenc4544]

I’m so pleased he acknowledges Bambi as the bravura hardcore horror filmmaking it is. My first movie was Psycho, second Bambi. Bambi made me and my sister hysterical.

[@JohnWilliams-mv9fi]

This is the man mek no mistake about it.... It dusnt get more real than this man's work....

[@DaveNoodles]

Did he just call Kurosawa European? Yeah, he did. Ha ha... Whatever, great interview with a great film maker.

[@daltonbedore8396]

+ted norton its hilarious when people change their youtube names

[@mortensenvick5711]

goddamn i gotta watch this

[@quanvu3244]

This is deep. I felt like me and him we were walking in the same line of thoughts. For example i was thinking about the word "universal" until he mentioned it seconds later in 42:50 😜

[@Rockysbeats]

such intellegent forward thinking answers. i wish the interviever asked him about the fly though id like to know why he chose to remake that

[@firestrings272]

Same here. I assume it came from his whole techno-human themes plus his earlier fascination with entomology.

[@knownpleasures]

Even if his surname alone seems to perfectly fit the themes of his movies of artificial intelligence and the role and infiltration of technology in human life

[@SaintMartins]

My top 5 Cronenberg films 1. Dead Ringers (1988) 2. The Fly (1986) 3. The Dead Zone (1983) 4. Crash (1996) 5. A History Of Violence (2005)

[@Pre_industrial]

Did you see "Crimes of the future"?

[@sg639]

You are right to note Dead Ringers. I will never forget the nightmarish surgical instruments, gowns, and operating theater. Dead Zone was remarkable for different reasons. I had tremendous pity for that school teacher, and I loved how he quoted "Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

[@JoshLavian]

He speaks with the same tone and cadence as Noam Chomsky. He even kind of looks like him.

[@seagrey75]

He was into Italian movies! Nice!

[@Larkinchance]

Mr Cronenberg, My youthful film viewing history is very similar. I saw the earlier "Blue Lagoon" and it made a life long impression. ( a Danish production?) I think the original is lost except for 16mm. Also the Italian neo-realist of the late 40 and 50 shaped my thinking about film especially, La Stradda..

[@sg639]

I too love La Strada, but my favorite is Nights of Cabiria.

[@brainproductions1]

The best director ever! Cronenberg made myself.

[@almostideal1306]

The king of Body Horror, my favourite horror director by a long stretch

[@psychotronic_x]

Interesting zoom choice. 19:21 lol.

[@EpictheEpicest]

I think Cronenberg is the opposite of all of his movie characters, instead of slowly deteriorating over time he has managed to still appear to be 50 at the age of 70 (and now 74, wtf!). There's a great idea for a movie about how he somehow stayed in physical stasis for 25 years.

[@stephengibbons2260]

EXTREME CLOSE UP!

[@rirunfilms]

🖤🖤🖤

[@jamescarr4662]

Cool looking guy

[@steventremino5623]

I would love to see him and David lynch in a room together...I'm sure they'd come up with an epic four hour sci fi

[@plasticweapon]

yeah, right.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

He seems like such a chill dude for a guy who makes nothing but FUCKED UP movies. 😄

[@wolfgangm.schulze268]

Yeah I saw Spider too. How can one resist a piece of Cronenberg ?

[@enigma5386]

would David Cronenberg count as an auteur for body horror or the creator of a evoloution of it

[@edwardjamieson7428]

Modernist Apocalypse it food

[@sg639]

I think the surrealists pioneered that area.

[@thesunstartstoset]

lol, yeah the cameraman was just getting his focus, its strange that they included it when it could of easily been cutted out as david took a drink of water

[@NEMIHEMERA]

Cronenberg Rules!

[@lifeisactuallyveryboring.7771]

The Master of surreal films was traumatized by BAMBI????

[@glassjaw2007]

as a child its other perception Herbert!

[@karenc4544]

The first movie I ever saw was Psycho. The second was Bambi. One of these films, my parents had to remove me and my sister from the theater, hysterical. Guess which movie? Bambi is hardcore, you’re watching these adorable forest babies and then his mother is straight murdered lol.

[@alexa.4273]

Does it talk about fast company at a certain point?

[@pauloh1398]

That awkward camera zoom in at 8:16 lol

[@johnnyfavorite1194]

When will he return to the Genre that he redefined?

[@edwardcampion4700]

Great interviewer ask questions and let's cronenberg answer and dosent interupt,

[@eloylardinponial8403]

this interviews exist in dvd?

[@JohnJohnson-fr5cx]

When are they gonna do it?

[@MrVoodemar]

That mimic at 32:04 is strange, completely doesn't fit to the tone of the entire interview

[@frankhumbug]

The Dead zone (and Christopher Walken, in it,) good good film. (Edit..) Around 19.30.. Where d'you get your crazy ideas from?.. Hyichu wahwah.. 🙃

[@kyleweiler4410]

Is it just me or was the best part of this interview removed? Where Cronenberg talks about "juicy" movies

[@SamJohde]

Right

[@zacharythompson9791]

The Master of Body Horror.

[@scottminnella1880]

Cronenberg has made some of my favorite movies. Scanners, The Fly, The Dead Zone, Eastern Promises. But other movies leave me frustrated with his lack of empathy for his actors. I believe he cares more about the movies concept than he cares about his actors. To me, I have to see the story develop through the actors eyes. His most successful movies are successful because he allows his actors to become more apart of the story and not just bit players in his idea. However, maybe its also the actors failure. Actors need to bring their idea's too.