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HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... current day count
241 .......................... 266
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August 9th
—— 1986 ——
THE FLY
—— horror ——
REWATCH
Be afraid...
Be very afraid...
Review from my horror list
The master of body horror flies straight onto the big screen with his masterpiece, 'The Fly'. I simply love the daunting director, David Cronenberg, and his otherworldly vision of brilliance. But there was a time where I didn't know anything about this guy. Back when I first watched this movie I had no clue about what to expect from it, especially not with that pest infested bland black background, which did bug me a little, though only in a good way. But with that said, I didn’t actually think this little science project from Cronenberg would come off as such a major success, transporting the viewer directly into this daringly gruesome but undeniably beautiful tale of lost love and long limbs. What I was prepared for was actually an insect infection, but instead I got an insect affection, now how about that…
I must admit, I was entirely ready to experience an overgrown fly-man invade a local town or something, which would only make this supersized fly swarm above what could easily transform into the largest pile of filmic feces ever created. But thankfully, it didn’t go like that, which I should have known beforehand, especially with all the buzz surrounding the film and the fact that it is directed by someone like David Cronenberg. Because, here is a director who knows his horror; who can make the disgusting seem delicate and the terrifying terribly heartbreaking. We are being presented with what might be one of the most repulsive creations ever put to screen, and yet we have sympathy for it and we are moved by it. But that is because he has his priorities straight, and knows how to build up his characters and their individual mentalities, so that we eventually understand what is to come. Once we reach the tragic and almost torturous finale, where we are presented with a character and her necessity to do the unbearable, we feel just like she does… like a little helpless insect, trapped inside a Venus flytrap...
Director, David Cronenberg, puts an interesting twist on the undying tale of the beauty and the beast with his masterwork, ‘The Fly’. This piece of handcrafted greatness is unreachable on so many levels of filmmaking, simply because it succeeds even though it shouldn’t. Presenting the audience with golden gore galore, but still having its main focus on telling a great story of heartbreaking love, while also adding the directorial trademark of a social commentary. Jeff Goldblum is a brilliant actor, who are substantially suitable for the role of the weird scientist, almost passing for a fly himself in terms of looks (no offense intended). In many ways, this is a career-definitional slice of cinema from the director, and to some extent, it may be Cronenberg’s crowning work…
uh, uhm, wha-what? why no perfect rating for Brundlefly?
+
__________________________
HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... current day count
241 .......................... 266
__________________________
August 9th
—— 1986 ——
THE FLY
—— horror ——
REWATCH
Be afraid...
Be very afraid...
Review from my horror list
The master of body horror flies straight onto the big screen with his masterpiece, 'The Fly'. I simply love the daunting director, David Cronenberg, and his otherworldly vision of brilliance. But there was a time where I didn't know anything about this guy. Back when I first watched this movie I had no clue about what to expect from it, especially not with that pest infested bland black background, which did bug me a little, though only in a good way. But with that said, I didn’t actually think this little science project from Cronenberg would come off as such a major success, transporting the viewer directly into this daringly gruesome but undeniably beautiful tale of lost love and long limbs. What I was prepared for was actually an insect infection, but instead I got an insect affection, now how about that…
I must admit, I was entirely ready to experience an overgrown fly-man invade a local town or something, which would only make this supersized fly swarm above what could easily transform into the largest pile of filmic feces ever created. But thankfully, it didn’t go like that, which I should have known beforehand, especially with all the buzz surrounding the film and the fact that it is directed by someone like David Cronenberg. Because, here is a director who knows his horror; who can make the disgusting seem delicate and the terrifying terribly heartbreaking. We are being presented with what might be one of the most repulsive creations ever put to screen, and yet we have sympathy for it and we are moved by it. But that is because he has his priorities straight, and knows how to build up his characters and their individual mentalities, so that we eventually understand what is to come. Once we reach the tragic and almost torturous finale, where we are presented with a character and her necessity to do the unbearable, we feel just like she does… like a little helpless insect, trapped inside a Venus flytrap...
Director, David Cronenberg, puts an interesting twist on the undying tale of the beauty and the beast with his masterwork, ‘The Fly’. This piece of handcrafted greatness is unreachable on so many levels of filmmaking, simply because it succeeds even though it shouldn’t. Presenting the audience with golden gore galore, but still having its main focus on telling a great story of heartbreaking love, while also adding the directorial trademark of a social commentary. Jeff Goldblum is a brilliant actor, who are substantially suitable for the role of the weird scientist, almost passing for a fly himself in terms of looks (no offense intended). In many ways, this is a career-definitional slice of cinema from the director, and to some extent, it may be Cronenberg’s crowning work…
uh, uhm, wha-what? why no perfect rating for Brundlefly?
+
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MovieMeditation's Cinema Reviews // Film Diary 2015 // Letterboxd Profile // MovieMeditation's Top 50 Horror
/watching movies for mark f/
MovieMeditation's Cinema Reviews // Film Diary 2015 // Letterboxd Profile // MovieMeditation's Top 50 Horror