‘I’ve never made a boring movie:’ David Cronenberg

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

David is one of the best if not the best director I have ever known. Not to mention his screen writing, acting and producer skills. Some of his movies are way out and just whole heatedly brilliant an example being eXistenZ, Crash, Dead Zone, Scanners and Dead Ringers. He is just brilliant and he reminds me of the late Richard Belzer of Law and Order SVU fame, in looks and personality. In fact judging by Cronenberg's movies and what i have seen and read about Richard, they appear to have very similar personalities and mannerisms. Belzer is just plainly brilliant in his own right, the world lost a wonderful actor when he died in 2023. His cynical outlook on Land Order was just brilliant and a pleasure to watch. But Cronenberg is a legend in his own right. All his movies have a weird touch about them but they are brilliant none the less.

[@americanpancakelive]

I hate the cliche but wow, David is such a national treasure. I remember his early movies blowing me away, really digging it's surreal horror hooks in me.

[@Devilsblood]

One of the few artists in the world that never compromised their vision.

[@ruling528]

That's because he never had one to begin with.

[@Devilsblood]

@ruling528 Keep watching your marvel films.

[@ruling528]

@@Devilsblood Even Marvel films are more entertaining than this guy's pretentious crap.

[@Devilsblood]

@@ruling528 that's because you are naive and don't understand anything he's about. Now go back and watch your sanitized A24 crap.

[@Devilsblood]

@@ruling528 you just don't watch enough good movies to understand that. But then again, you are probably one of those A24 looneys that think they discovered art.

[@eddiegordon5616]

He’s been one of the directors who I’ve followed for a long time.

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

He is one of the best directors and screen writers ever, especially loved his movie eXistenZ and the Dead Zone.

[@SSS.1984]

In my top 3 film makers (along with Lynch & Carpenter), but I will say that 3 films I find hard to get into are Fast Company, M. Butterfly & Cosmopolis. None are what I'd call boring however. There are audiences who will find their subject matter as interesting as their film maker clearly did. I am not among them, but at the same time I applaud David for standing behind them as films he's proud of!

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

He is just brilliant

[@dustinswarb9190]

Love this man❤ sheer genius. A pure madman.

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

He is totally brilliant and reminds me of Richard Belzer.

[@aaronmarko]

If people aren't decrying your art, do you even matter as an artist

[@brianchristgau1415]

The man is a LEGEND and an ICON. We're lucky to still have him with us!

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

very true

[@Vgallo]

I loved his latest film.

[@johngammon963]

Cronenberg is an intellectual - all his films are based on solid ideas that came from reality, science and the human condition. He's an artist because his films cause a reaction, even if that reaction is revulsion. The aim if the director is to move the audience, to transmute them from before to after the film, Cronenberg achieves this with every film and whatever his budget. This makes him a cinematic visionary up there with any of his peers.

[@goregrindisthebestgenre]

One of the greatest writer/directors.

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

Ever..................

[@perrycomeau2627]

David Cronenberg is sensational for an adult mind with some sort of experience. Take his fascination with other agents such as Clive Barker.

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

He is just brilliant

[@svltaswatching]

“What’s done cannot be undone.”

[@saamsotelo]

the interviewer is nefarious, didn't they find someone who knows more about the world of cinema to do an interview?

[@princeandrey]

Nefarious? Or just inadequate?

[@leafyo123]

Amen this guy clearly doesn’t get it

[@sebastianalegria3401]

I'm not a fan of Cronenberg, however I grew up watching some of his movies and if I could appreciate one in particular, it would be "Map to the stars" as it was the first time a Rob Pattinson's performance caught my attention. Then, I saw him in The Lighthouse, Good Time in which he looks actually like he's on dr*ugs, frankly he's the new Daniel Day-Lewis of these times. As a result, he earned everyone's respect with his "The Batman's" role.

[@garysiddons2157]

One of the most unique directors ever

[@glassjaw2007]

How dare you ask: “Were any moments that you were insecure?” The man has made a whole disturbing body of work that defined the medium, he knows he is a Giant, a Titan of uncompromised proportions and ideals, he is what every true filmmaker should aspire to, you must have a forceful impregnable conviction to build a career like that…

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

Very very true glassjaw

[@AName175]

He is so self confident.

[@joshuawilliams7734]

I'm glad Cronenberg got to make this film but when he said I might have to stop making movies and right another novel I was like Yes please because I really liked his novel Consumed :)

[@ianchristopher9422]

He never made a bad movie either... some can be more interesting than others of course but never bad.

[@anttam117]

They also asked David Lynch to direct Return of the Jedi, didn’t they?

[@robzilla730]

I'd love to see a vid of Cronenberg talking about Scanners or Michael Ironside...

[@twofingersmyfriends3830]

I love Cronenberg, he's one of my favourite filmmakers... But 'Spider' was a mind-numbing slog to finish.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

I wish The Dead Zone, The Fly (remake), A History Of Violence, The Brood, Videodrome & Crash goes to aired on TCM next October in The Best of David Cronenberg.

[@fleshsuitman]

Shivers and rabid need to be there too then

[@thefirst9500]

Scanners was a good one too!

[@Rayburn652]

Dead Ringers? Eastern Promises?

[@richardlopez2932]

Try to appreciate how the interviewer switches his point of view from calling Cronenberg a sicko at the starting line and then flawlessly invokes the director's name recognition less than five minutes later/? Appreciate how interviewers can loudly contradict themselves but for the person actually creating something beyond contorting their voice into a soft pillow for their egos. They're not *all* like that, mind you, some actually have a depth of nuance greater than a waterbottle cap.

[@VIDEOgameDROME]

The only one I was bored by was Cosmopolis

[@gterrymed]

when you're ten and eleven years old THEY CAME FROM WITHIN, RABID, and THE BROOD each had Sllloww beginnings! It took about 40 minutes for stuff to clearly get going.

[@infyume]

Awful questions and attitude from the interviewer. Seems like he's barely knowledgeable about Cronenberg's work or experimental cinema in general.

[@greyeyed123]

He might as well have asked David Lynch if he'd consider making a Star Wars movie. (Right as I typed this, he asked that question! I swear! lol)

[@kiff713]

I would like to see a movie about a director strugglig with finances making his body-terror film

[@fairuzmaileen5691]

This is true

[@rolandkunzjr263]

I Really Love All Films David Cronenberg Made, Except Crimes Of The Future...Oh My God...Boring.

[@PreacherNny]

Crimes of the Future 1970, definitely. But Crimes of the Future 2022 was really fascinating

[@Jeckxdeel]

@@PreacherNny Really fascinating? Really boring you mean!

[@brunoheggli2888]

Yes but why no ban all movies?

[@reignofrock]

The apple fell far from the tree, unfortunately.

[@sweetsucculentcontentnectar]

Huh?

[@palco4real14]

Cope

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

A bit of a meaningless comment can you explain?????

[@randygoodall6229]

The more this man ages the more he looks like Vincent price

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

I truly think he reminds me of Richard Belser

[@eldugongo]

Love him. Didn’t like the interviewer

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

That's right! 💡😮 Cronenberg himself is an Alien! .... Except when he is back in Canada.

[@ariedebruyn5218]

Well, it won't be boring. But the truth is we do actually need your help on this one.

[@ariedebruyn5218]

I did in the end see crimes of the future. It did show the climate change element. I just think though that they'll start genetically engineering other plant and animal life along with us. Coming up with a deranged planet. Still a big fan though... Your stuff is really hard to digest. But once you do, you're better off for it. It's the whole Marshall McLuhan thing, 'the medium is the message.'

[@ariedebruyn5218]

Look David it's not that we stopped liking you here in Australia. It's just that all the video stores shut down. Gone are the days of renting movies with friends. I don't think JB Hi-Fi sells everything. I saw your latest film, you're available. And I'll probably see the Shrouds too. But I've never seen a film by one of your kids, because that stuff isn't available here.

[@ariedebruyn5218]

climate change is real. but it's effects are not as catastrophic as they say it is. it's just that they have the capabilities to report on a much larger scale. i am actually a toronto blue jays fan.

[@ariedebruyn5218]

history keeps on repeating. we actually breed at this rate. our population used to be kept in check by mosquitos and diseases. but we just keep on over-populating. the price of luxury i think.

[@ariedebruyn5218]

god though... you're an atheist. it says so. but look. we all live a tortured existence. we do have moments of release. the patterns of genetics and biological determinism do work to people's benefit. luck is a factor. and people don't understand how lucky it is to be someone else. no-one understands the experience of being someone else. we're just fated to be the person we are.

[@schizofrito]

Maps to the Stars, A Dangerous Method and Crimes of The Future (2022) were very boring. I think his last movie with real aura was Crash, the next movies like A History of Violence and Eastern Promises were just fine.

[@amafirenze-vi1uh]

Spider is pretty close to be "boring".

[@squamish4244]

I used to get Cronenberg and Lynch confused lol. I'm far from the only one. They both make weird, disturbing, bizarre, violent, trippy films, they reuse the same actors, they use each other's actors, they are both actors _themselves,_ they are the same age, and they look similar. Yeah. It's not rocket science hahaha

[@lasttime1372]

Oh, man! You did quite a few boring ones. But I love you nethertheless

[@09nob]

Agreed.

[@travisrlel2]

Spider was boring. Crash was boring but I thought that was sorta the point to it.

[@journalsfromdavid]

The people that get it get it, creatives don’t think basic

[@dannyr9265]

I wish you would keep your comment section open on all your videos. Especially the one with potato head and our Drama teacher.

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[@zachmorley158]

Scanners was super boring. Had 1 or 2 cool scenes

[@Jeckxdeel]

SCANNERS is not boring at all! Just go to bed!

[@bobmcdade5217]

A Dangerous Method was boring (but that is the only boring movie ever made by Cronenberg).

[@granthooper2329]

Cmon youve never seen a film by him entirely. Make one special effect.

[@Hauerization]

I would however argue that Crimes of the future ranks as one of Cronenbergs least interesting films, desptie how provocative the movie sets out to be. The dead zone and The fly is still unmatched.

[@Ps3Aaron1]

I was bored by crimes of the future

[@skippy277]

@@Ps3Aaron1lmao …let me guess , your favourite movie of his was the Fly and you haven’t seen many of the others …if you were bored by Crimes then you are a simpleton. It was one of the most rewarding and realized view of humanities downfall to be ever made….zzzz you must be the boring one 😅

[@Jeckxdeel]

THE DEAD ZONE and THE FLY are wonderful. But my personal top 2 by Cronenberg includes SCANNERS and VIDEODROME.

[@Hauerization]

@@Jeckxdeel Yes, Videodrome is great - Scanners I have mixed feelings about.

[@Jeckxdeel]

@@Ps3Aaron1 Totally agree. Very slow moving (obvious pacing issues), very talkative and really boring.

[@TheOtherKine]

He looks like one of his own movie characters now, and I am sure he wears it on purpose LMAO

[@SofaPop.]

I’m gonna be really emotional when Cronenberg actually stops directing

[@jelogram]

Crimes of the Future was boring.

[@kramalerav]

A huge fan of this guy’s work. But Fast Company really is a very boring film.

[@YorgosL1]

No

[@BOOGiNS]

Crimes of the future was a snooze fest.

[@JoseBuxo2005]

I didn’t like videodrome…

[@facagravata]

Spider

[@scribbler3894]

Not sure who the interviewer is but I don't like him.

[@RB-.-]

Scanners and Videodrome are pretty boring

[@silirat]

"I've never made a boring movie." Apparently he's never watched any of his own movies...

[@OniLordMiki]

Neither have you.

[@TruDis01]

lol 😂

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

@@OniLordMiki I agree. What does it take to make a movie exciting enough for Silirat? 😒

[@ilkiwi]

😂😂

[@svetstar1978]

WRONG

[@painterguylincs]

"incorrect impressions"? If people are bored by you, then you're boring. If people call you boring, it's because you bore them. How can this be hard to understand. David Cronenberg is boring. All his films are boring. How do I know this? Because I'm bored, that's how.

[@plasticweapon]

right, now explain all the other people that aren't bored by his films. you have the worst case of solipsism i've ever seen.

[@tayderryberry8326]

Lol what are you smoking buddy

[@PreacherNny]

Lol sounds like a you problem; I've never once heard anyone else call his work boring. Even people who generally don't like it readily admit to me that it's so out-there and insane and unpredictable that they're never *bored* even if they're not fans of the storylines/philosophies/general darkness. Sounds like you just have no attention span

[@hank7902]

he should stick to talking about what he knows, which is making movies. he clearly doesnt understand the entertainment side and how to profit off movies.

[@robertblue3795]

he never said he was. he professes to being an artist.

[@hank7902]

@@robertblue3795 lol original title said "movie theatres are over." so you're wrong.

[@OniLordMiki]

@@hank7902 right because Croenenberg was the one who typed the title of this video. /s

[@TheNoiseySpectator]

The Entertainment industry has been his livelihood since he was old enough to begin a career. Even if he does not know everything about it, many would consider him to know _enough._

[@TxxT33]

I love crone but goddamn he made a couple of boring ones without doubt, Spider, stereo (his debut), Rabid (I'm sure someone will disagree but that was a borefest for me) .