From Julia Ducournau’s stomach-churning “Raw” to the cutting satire of the Soskas’ “American Mary,” these body horror films use gross-out spectacle to make salient points about misogyny, subjection, violence, and womanhood.
Greek contemporary dancer Tassos Karahalios could not eat or drink after undergoing four hours of prosthetics and modeling 40 ear replicas.
In a statement to IndieWire, the filmmaker addresses claims made by the actor this week that “All About My Mother” was “deprived” of its award by jury president David Cronenberg.
Cronenberg’s 1999 jury awarded the top prize to the Dardennes’ “Rosetta” over Almodóvar’s “All About My Mother” — to some confusion on the Croisette.
Stewart also said the unsettled Cannes applause for “Crimes of the Future” felt like “the fucking Will Smith moment where everyone was like, ‘Yes? No? No. OK, actually no!’
Stewart told Cronenberg she had no clue what the movie was about while filming, but “maybe we can just figure it out” together.
David Cronenberg’s hazy mood piece may not be as gross as advertised, but it’s also so much sweeter than anticipated.
Cannes: The director elaborated on the complex themes of his new movie to IndieWire and why he always seems to be ahead of his time.
“What kind of confidence does it take for Cronenberg to say, ‘Yeah, I want to be in the 10th installment of the ‘Friday the 13th’ franchise’?” screenwriter Todd Farmer said.
Julia Ducournau’s erotic psychological thriller “Titane” won the Palme d’Or, while David Cronenberg’s 1996 sex-fueled “Crash” was awarded a Special Jury prize amid controversy.
The “Crimes of the Future” director is still interested in making a streaming series, but says the industry is too focused on “movie making, not filmmaking.”
“Some guy said that he almost had a panic attack.”
