Crimes of the Future (2022)

[Alex...]

Title: Crimes of the Future (David Cronenberg)

Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Drama

Director: David Cronenberg

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, Welket Bungué, Don McKellar, Lihi Kornowski, Tanaya Beatty, Yorgos Karamihos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Nadia Litz

Release: 2022-07-21

Runtime: 107

Plot: A deep dive into the not-so-distant future in which humankind is learning to adapt to its synthetic surroundings. This evolution moves humans beyond their natural state and into a metamorphosis, which alters their biological makeup.

 

[Alex...]

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Well, I am excited. That looks brilliant. He was for all intents and purposes retired because he could not raise funds any longer to make a picture. Then not long ago he said there was a possibility he had a project that might go forward...and there it is.

 

[TravisR]

Cronenberg and Mortensen together again and I can't wait.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Cronenberg and Mortensen together again and I can't wait.

And it appears his return to the body horror business.

Shades of Videodrome.

 

[benbess]

Ot eXistenZ....

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Ot eXistenZ....

Yes, he has not done a body horror film since eXistenZ so it has been 23 years. I think it was John Carpenter that said Cronenberg wanted to go more "highbrow" and so stopped doing horror films. So, kind of cool he is coming back to that finally.

 

[Mikael Soderholm]

Can't wait, that director, and that cast, looks magical.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

I'm sure fans will have already noted that the title of this picture goes all the way back to his second film from 1970. Which I think is on a Criterion release as an extra...or was that on another set? I know I have it here somewhere...

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

OK, the 1970 version of Crimes of the Future is on the Criterion release of The Brood. It also appears on the Arrow UK release of Videodrome. Glad I looked it up because The Brood would probably have been one of the last places I would have looked for it.

 

[TravisR]

OK, the 1970 version of Crimes of the Future is on the Criterion release of The Brood. It also appears on the Arrow UK release of Videodrome. Glad I looked it up because The Brood would probably have been one of the last places I would have looked for it.

I'm pretty sure that the original Crimes was also on the Fast Company DVD (and eventually the Blu-ray) from Blue Underground that came out about 20 years ago too.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

I'm pretty sure that the original Crimes was also on the Fast Company DVD (and eventually the Blu-ray) from Blue Underground that came out about 20 years ago too.

I don't have that disc so did not know that. I knew I had it on something and thought it was on a Criterion. I think the Criterion and Arrow versions of Crimes of the Future are newer scans of it so probably better quality than the Blue Underground version. Obviously, I can't compare. I only have the Criterion blu-ray of The Brood.

I don't think this picture is a remake, I think it is using the title and possibly some ideas.

 

[TravisR]

I don't have that disc so did not know that. I knew I had it on something and thought it was on a Criterion. I think the Criterion and Arrow versions of Crimes of the Future are newer scans of it so probably better quality than the Blue Underground version. Obviously, I can't compare. I only have the Criterion blu-ray of The Brood.

I don't think this picture is a remake, I think it is using the title and possibly some ideas.

I imagine that the Blue Underground Blu-ray has it in standard definition (since the extras are probably just a port of what was on the DVD) and Criterion's The Brood has it in HD so that's the one to own.

And yeah, my understanding is that the new Crimes is not a remake and they only share the same name.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

And yeah, my understanding is that the new Crimes is not a remake and they only share the same name.

It’s a great title.

 

[Alex...]

NEON has set the Crimes of the Future release date for NY and LA theaters on June 3 before expanding wide on June 10.

https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie...rgs-crimes-of-the-future-gets-a-release-date/

 

[Alex...]

 

[Alex...]

 

[Alex...]

David Cronenberg says he expects walkouts at Cannes for 'CRIMES OF THE FUTURE': “I’m sure that we will have walkouts within the first five minutes of the movie. Some people who have seen the film... [a] guy said that he almost had a panic attack.”

https://deadline.com/2022/05/david-cronenberg-cannes-crimes-of-the-future-1235018996/

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

https://deadline.com/2022/05/david-cronenberg-cannes-crimes-of-the-future-1235018996/

The trailer I saw running on TV was about the freakiest trailer I have ever seen. I thought it was kind of amazing they ran it during the day.

This definitely looks like a major return to body horror for him and like it could disturb some folks greatly.

 

[TravisR]

It's opening a week later but I can't believe that Universal hasn't moved Jurassic World back a couple of weeks to give it a better chance against the financial juggernaut that Crimes Of The Future will undoubtedly be.