3/16/2023 0 Comments Ace ventura bumpy road![]() Baker), rank as necessary reads for fans of the directors of Picnic at Hanging Rock/ Witness/Master and Commander and Eve’s Bayou/The Caveman’s Valentine/Harriet, respectively. Tibbetts) and Kasi Lemmons: Interviews(edited by Christina N. Two other recent University Press of Mississippi releases, Peter Weir: Interviews(edited by John C. This is a very Cronenbergian concern, and here’s what it is: in a way, coming to grips with writing, with being creative.” ![]() My favorite exchange:īreskin: “But why a film about writing? Why focus on that? When all the other concerns of the book, which are fundamentally Cronenbergian concerns-”Ĭronenberg: “No, wrong. Especially of note is a lengthy, multi-session talk with David Breskin from 1991, to mark the release of his Burroughs adaptation, Naked Lunch. The chats cover the entirety of his career, from his youth in Toronto and early works to his body-horror classics and mainstream hits, all the way to his novel, Consumed, and most recent film, 2014’s Maps to the Stars. And this is why I am happy to report that the latest of these, David Cronenberg: Interviews, edited by David Schwartz, is a substantial and wildly engrossing addition to the Cronenberg canon. That means we need more studies of the director of Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, and Crash. I have made it something of a personal goal to track down as many books about David Cronenberg as I can, and sadly, it’s not too difficult. Our latest swim in the literary waters features looks at filmmakers as diverse as Tobe Hooper and Lav Diaz, not to mention behind-the-scenes explorations at two key films of the late-60s/early-70s, and, to start, interviews with three of the most talented filmmakers on the planet.Ĭaptivating interviews with David Cronenberg, Peter Weir, and Kasi Lemmons from University Press of Mississippi Filmmaking-related books released in the last few months cover a head-spinningly vast collection of topics and directors.
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