tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post53912321672636739..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: David Cronenberg's CrashAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-32263039009403035982008-04-12T10:22:00.000-05:002008-04-12T10:22:00.000-05:00it was just a short comment rather than a review.....it was just a short comment rather than a review... I am glad that you liked it and found it of some use.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-58645228172675114412008-04-12T09:52:00.000-05:002008-04-12T09:52:00.000-05:00just saw the movie again last night for the second...just saw the movie again last night for the second time.<BR/><BR/>Must say out of all the reviews I found on the web, yours is the best.Wesselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822173778126767406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-62284113159478861832007-08-07T15:43:00.000-05:002007-08-07T15:43:00.000-05:00yes it is definitely about making contact but they...yes it is definitely about making contact but they can contact only via cars, which are just extensions of their bodies. in fact most of the sex scenes are shown as completely devoid of any feelings of togetherness. just pure private ecstacy and pleasure. most of the key sex scenes are not even face to face!<BR/><BR/>it is comment about how in our culture the only way people can make contact is via sex or sexual metaphors and extensions... and if you take that to its logical conclusion you will reach at this absurd vision. eros thanatos both become spectacle, potential sources of erotic stimulation.<BR/><BR/>conspirators of pleasure is very similar. in fact it is the ultimate portrait of sexual fetishism and alienation.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-61625871743936367532007-08-07T13:45:00.000-05:002007-08-07T13:45:00.000-05:00alok, did not you find, along with 'commodity feti...alok, did not you find, along with 'commodity fetishism', an obsession of characters with sex not as a primal force but a journey for its rediscovery in their lives to get some pleasure of contact, the characters are having 'hope' in sex which they try to rekindle by wierd means (like bt crashing into each other). Also, didnt you find glimpses of masochism/sadism ( actually now the film even reminds me of Conspirators of Pleasure) in the character of Gabrielle.<BR/><BR/>I need to see it again because I think its a wonderful film.anuraghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178119895116619951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1663425868377333552007-08-07T10:14:00.000-05:002007-08-07T10:14:00.000-05:00antonia: yes he repeatedly comes to the same subje...antonia: yes he repeatedly comes to the same subject in his films -- how new technologies and media are changing people's perception of reality and how as a reality their relationship with the outside world and other people are getting affected as a result.<BR/><BR/>szerelem: yes he is interested in the darker side of things. agree about the Spider. unlike his other films it is low on "weirdness", thats make it even more depressing.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-14514899592198534252007-08-07T04:59:00.000-05:002007-08-07T04:59:00.000-05:00I havent seen a lot of Cronenberg but I saw Spider...I havent seen a lot of Cronenberg but I saw Spider a few years back and it left me totally depressed. You must have seen it?Szerelemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911190230851186924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-90009352401226252032007-08-07T00:42:00.000-05:002007-08-07T00:42:00.000-05:00I had seen the EXistenZ one a couple of years ago ...I had seen the EXistenZ one a couple of years ago which is truly great, and like you said about the details, it had some awesome monsters in it. It is an awesome film about realiy and perception of what you think is reality or a videogame and how that influences one's relation to other people & one's personality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-52939733657755916502007-08-06T09:02:00.000-05:002007-08-06T09:02:00.000-05:00I haven't read the book yet. Will definitely check...I haven't read the book yet. Will definitely check it out soon. Thanks...Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-85209887880228431692007-08-06T06:06:00.000-05:002007-08-06T06:06:00.000-05:00I think your questions towards the end of the piec...I think your questions towards the end of the piece would find answers in the original text. Ballard has been fulsome in his praise of the film, which despite the change of location (which is in around Heathrow in the book) sticks to the affect-drained blankness of the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-33383907161393576112007-08-05T22:10:00.000-05:002007-08-05T22:10:00.000-05:00He just observes people fetishising technologies. ...He just observes people fetishising technologies. He is too clinical to express his approval or disapproval explicitly, part of what makes it so frustrating and also disturbing. But even though it is not explicit it is obvious a critique and comment on this culture.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-32206822260324033212007-08-05T19:35:00.000-05:002007-08-05T19:35:00.000-05:00Yes, Cronenberg is technically brilliant, and quit...Yes, Cronenberg is technically brilliant, and quite appropriately he fetishises technology (or does he only comment on the fetishisation of technology?). I still feel sorry for the typewriter in "Naked Lunch". What a weird, and weirdly compelling movie... I haven't seen "Crash" yet, but it appears that he takes his obsessions to the limit there.Cheshire Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463645065346922684noreply@blogger.com