Oh dear, recommendations. For Cronenberg. I'm not sure that's a legal enterprise across state borders. eXistenZ is probably a good start. The thing about his movies is not that they're mindless entertainment, but they can pretty off-kilter. I think he's tapped into a disturbing vein of the subconscious zeitgeist. Videodrome is another that explores the sometimes thin line between perception and reality, often shattering the characters' sense of self in the process. He tends to explore these themes in a fairly signature... organic way.
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Date: 2005-09-24 12:08 am (UTC)Oh dear, recommendations. For Cronenberg. I'm not sure that's a legal enterprise across state borders. eXistenZ is probably a good start. The thing about his movies is not that they're mindless entertainment, but they can pretty off-kilter. I think he's tapped into a disturbing vein of the subconscious zeitgeist. Videodrome is another that explores the sometimes thin line between perception and reality, often shattering the characters' sense of self in the process. He tends to explore these themes in a fairly signature... organic way.