director David Cronenberg (death zone, fly, history of violence and Eastern Promise) is known for making films with an edge.
Whether it’s bloody fight scenes or sci-fi storylines, there’s a dark side to Cronenberg’s films that you wouldn’t entirely attribute to being about an aspiring ballet dancer.
The visionary Cronenberg was invited to direct the 1983 romantic musical, FlashdanceStarring Jennifer Beals.
The film was nominated for four Oscars and won for Best Original Song. But would it have been any better if it had been created by Cronenberg? Even he himself doesn’t think so.
He explained at the Marrakesh Film Festival on Sunday:
“You might be surprised [that producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer] I completely believe that I am the right person to direct. Really, I don’t know why [they] I felt like I should do it, and I finally had to say no—I said to them, ‘I’ll ruin your movie if I direct it!’
although Flashdance The honor finally went Adrian Lane – which became the third highest-grossing film of 1983 – Cronenberg packed a one-two punch death zone and Image Gallery same year.
In the process, he cemented a new genre that examined body horror in a brain-chilling way, while giving the film lexicon a whole new adjective: Cronenbergian.
“[My work has been] Attacked as horrible, decadent and depraved,” he laughs. “All of this is good stuff.”
He has good judgment and will focus on those things that appeal to him and reject projects that are not his style. May all directors apply discernment to the projects they encounter.
via: Variety
