... Speaking of Violence ...

[ed_rex]

... With A History of Violence, the notoriously weird and weirdly intense David Cronenberg has produced what may be one of the best films I've ever seen. Cronenberg has married his continuing interest in the grotesque and the violent with a clear, linear narrative thread that, for perhaps the first time since he made The Fly in 1986, is satisfying

Comments

[sooguy]

I whole heartedly concur. I saw this film at the TIFF this year and was suitably impressed with Cronenberg's maturity as a director and story teller.

No gratuitous "bullet-time" slo-mo effects here to glorify the violence.

It was refreshing to see an "adult" film that wasn't hyped to shit a la the Ray biopic or trying to be an event picture.

I've been telling anyone who will listen to go see this movie.

[whatyouwant]

i saw it tonight. very good.
the sex scene on the stairs was so well-done. the whole movie was.

[rantipole6]

I had been thinking about seeing this. Thanks for the review.

[thefuriouscynic]

I've mentioned it before, but what I loved most about this film was how incredibly UNfucked-up it was. Everything that happened was treated as business-as-usual (my favourite scene was the one in the hospital, where Tom is all, "But I went into the desert and killed him! He's gone!" and that's the last we hear of it).

Have you ever seen any Michael Haneke films? Similar treatment of violence, although to the nth degree - Haneke's violence is downright boring, and torturous to watch only because it's so damn dull. I love what I do!!!!!!

[lykshweetdood]

I wanted to go see it, but I don't like Viggo. Seriously, I just don't like him. But maybe I will now..