http://www.indiecult.com/2006-05/a-history-of-violence An indie cult. Mon, 12 May 2008 14:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.indiecult.com/2006-05/a-history-of-violence#comment-3199 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:04:28 +0000 http://www.indiecult.com/2006-05/a-history-of-violence#comment-3199 I don't know where to start, MACC. You seem to be chastising Cronenberg for not following a formula, which is wrong on so many levels that I wonder how you're a Cronenberg fan to begin with. History of Violence is an expert, stylized character study, not unlike Spider, Crash, or Dead Ringers. Three of Cronenberg's best, if you ask me. Don't blame the director or detract from the film because you don't think it fits in with his body of work (it clearly does). I don’t know where to start, MACC. You seem to be chastising Cronenberg for not following a formula, which is wrong on so many levels that I wonder how you’re a Cronenberg fan to begin with. History of Violence is an expert, stylized character study, not unlike Spider, Crash, or Dead Ringers. Three of Cronenberg’s best, if you ask me. Don’t blame the director or detract from the film because you don’t think it fits in with his body of work (it clearly does).

]]> http://www.indiecult.com/2006-05/a-history-of-violence#comment-2747 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:43:17 +0000 http://www.indiecult.com/2006-05/a-history-of-violence#comment-2747 I remember having bought the ticket for "A History of Violence" with a sort of euphoric antecipation and a total lack of knowledge of what the movie was about, Cronenberg's name was enough for me. Little did I know that this was a movie that was as opposite to cinematic masterpieces like "Naked Lunch", "Videodrome", or "eXistenZ" as one could get. 96 minutes later I walked out of the cinema with a blank desperate expression on my face, the world had crumbled all around me and strength had been drained from my knees, I had to sit down and ponder what the hell was this guy thinking to have conjured such an indiferent pointless work. The violence contained on the movie (it's supposed to be a history of violence, right?) wasn't shocking enough to make me squint or even pointless enough to make me laugh, it was just there. Seriously, if you manage to find a formula good enough to create a whole bunch of cult alternative movies, chances are you're not good at making anything else but that, do us all a favor and stick with it. I remember having bought the ticket for “A History of Violence” with a sort of euphoric antecipation and a total lack of knowledge of what the movie was about, Cronenberg’s name was enough for me. Little did I know that this was a movie that was as opposite to cinematic masterpieces like “Naked Lunch”, “Videodrome”, or “eXistenZ” as one could get. 96 minutes later I walked out of the cinema with a blank desperate expression on my face, the world had crumbled all around me and strength had been drained from my knees, I had to sit down and ponder what the hell was this guy thinking to have conjured such an indiferent pointless work. The violence contained on the movie (it’s supposed to be a history of violence, right?) wasn’t shocking enough to make me squint or even pointless enough to make me laugh, it was just there. Seriously, if you manage to find a formula good enough to create a whole bunch of cult alternative movies, chances are you’re not good at making anything else but that, do us all a favor and stick with it.

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