“Cronenberg’s Cryptic Curtain Call? ‘The Shrouds’ Might Just Be His Last Mind-Bending Maestro Move!”
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With the stars currently aligning for change, the question on everyone’s mind in Hollywood is whether David Cronenberg’s “The Shrouds” will be the final curtain call for one of cinema’s great provocateurs. Born in 1943, during a time when Taurus’s reliable and steadfast nature was all the rage, David’s recent revelations sure got me scratching my head and wondering if his sun sign is ready for retirement. The legendary director, who’s given us iconic films like “Scanners,” where people’s heads quite literally exploded – talk about a Scorpio moon, right? – and “Videodrome,” which, if we’re being honest, was less about the moon and more about creeping everyone out, is now at the age of 82 contemplating if “The Shrouds” could be his cinematic swan song. I mean, is it possible that after all this time, David Cronenberg, the man who married technology with flesh in the most bizarre ways, is possibly losing steam? Or is this just another of his famed twists? Buckle up, folks, this might be one heck of an introspective ride, or perhaps, just another inventive experiment in narrative! 🌟 LEARN MORE.
David Cronenberg has given us classics such as Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, and more, but could The Shrouds be his final feature film? The 82-year-old director doesn’t seem willing to call it quits just yet, but he told the Los Angeles Times that he isn’t counting on getting behind the camera again.
“We all have some kind of arrogance,” Cronenberg said. “But I don’t have that much. The world does not need my next movie.” When asked if he would feel any grief if The Shrouds ends up being his last movie, Cronenberg said, “Well, yes and no. Even when I thought I might never make another movie, I never thought I’d stop being creative. I thought maybe I’d write another novel. There are many ways you can be creative.“
The director said he doesn’t lack ideas; he just questions whether he has the stamina to get through another movie. “Directing is physical and it really takes it out of you,” he said. “You could certainly imagine a moment where you’re halfway through a movie and you say, ‘I actually can’t do this anymore. I’m not focused enough to be good at it. I don’t even know if I can survive today.’” However, Cronenberg mentioned Manoel de Oliveira, the Portuguese director who was still making films until he died at the age of 106. “Now that is something to aspire to,” Cronenberg said.
The Shrouds premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year, but it’s finally hitting theaters. The film premiered in theaters in New York and Los Angeles today, and will expand nationwide on April 25th. The film stars Vincent Cassel as Karsh, an “innovative businessman and grieving widower, who builds a novel device to connect with the dead inside a burial shroud. This burial tool installed at his own state-of-the-art though controversial cemetery allows him and his clients to watch their specific departed loved one decompose in real time.“
In his review of the film, our own Chris Bumbray said, “The Shrouds has enough ultra-weird imagery and kinky twists to make this Cronenberg’s edgiest movie since Crash and perhaps his most personal work to date.” Bumbray added that although the film won’t be for everybody, “it hits surprisingly hard” and you “won’t be bored by it.” You can check out the rest of his review right here.
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