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Crash (VOSTF)
Location
Main screening room
Date
February 15th, 2022
Admission
16+ (Sexual Content)
Duration
100 min
Cycle
Cronenberg: Through a Distorting Mirror

David Cronenberg has created a multidimensional universe in which he insistently questions the limits of every facet of the human condition – physical, moral and existential. This program extends from his early days in Montreal, where he made exploitation flicks produced by Cinépix (Rabid, Shivers), to Maps to the Stars, a scathing take on the California jet-set lifestyle. A creepy parallel universe emerges through films like The Fly, which catapulted him to mainstream success, and eXistenZ, in which it seems perfectly normal to plug an organic game console into one’s spine. This is inside-out cinema, in which unique beings constantly show us funhouse-mirror reflections of our world. This program includes all of Cronenberg’s features, most of them in 35 mm.

Crash
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Language
English with French subtitles
Actors
Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter, James Spader
Origins
Canada
Year
1996
Duration
100 min
Genre
Drama
Rating
16+ ( Sexual Content)
Format
35 mm
Synopsis

James and Catherine live in an apartment above a network of highways and explore new erotic fields, the relationship between death, sex and the machine, preferably in the back seat of cars.

Crash

The trailer is in original version. The movie will be in VOSTF.

Awards

David Cronenberg

David Paul Cronenberg is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infection, technology, and the intertwining of the psychological with the physical. In the first third of his career he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction films such as Scanners (1981) and Videodrome (1983), although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences alike; he has earned critical acclaim and has sparked controversy for his depictions of gore and violence. The Village Voice called him "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world". His films have won numerous awards, including, for Crash, the Special Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, a unique award that is distinct from the Jury Prize as it is not given annually, but only at the request of the official jury, who in this case gave the award "for originality, for daring, and for audacity".

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Studies
Siskel and Ebert debate Cronenberg's Crash

Podcast

Crash, les eaux troubles de la perversion sur France Culture

Crash de Cronenberg sort en France en 1996. Chaque scène de ce film lancinant revient sur les mêmes thèmes : le réel de la mort, le sexe, le démembrement… La seule façon de créer des relations passe par la perversion et la seule manière de vivre une expérience c’est par l’accident : le crash.

Retour sur Crash avec David Cronenberg (La Presse, 2020)

« Je me souviens très bien de la conférence de presse qui a suivi la projection du film à Cannes, a raconté le cinéaste. Il y avait là 350 journalistes, à peu près tous fâchés. »

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