12月27日
What's in Your DVD Player, David Cronenberg?
David Cronenberg is not only one of the most interesting and intense filmmakers working today, he's also one of the most thoughtful and articulate directors to ever record a DVD commentary track. His commentaries on "A History of Violence," "Dead Ringers," "Videodrome," "The Fly," and even his early feature "Rabid" are observant, introspective and instructive, and he returns to the commentary booth for the DVD release of his latest film, "Eastern Promises," a dark crime thriller set in the London underworld of Russian gangsters and human trafficking. I spent so much time in our brief interview session discussing DVDs that I was cut off before even getting to the film, let alone the question that was really plaguing: Does Cronenberg use a DVD player, or can he simply insert discs directly into his body like James Woods in "Videodrome"? The answer to that will have to wait for another interview.
MSN Movies: What's in your DVD player?
David Cronenberg: "La Vie En Rose." Because I am a member of the Academy and so I get these screeners from various producers and studios.
Do you watch a lot of films on DVD?
Most of my film watching is on DVD. I very rarely go to the cinema.
Is that a preference?
Yes, it is. At this point in my life, I'm not so interested in the social aspects of movie watching, other than the ones that I have at home, which I wind up watching with my wife or with my children. So that's enough socializing. I don't really need to go to a mall and hang out and do all that stuff that goes along with a lot of film watching these days.
I think of "Videodrome," and people watching media in more isolated situations. Do you think that's happening to cinema because of DVD?
It's obvious that there are some movies that still get a huge turnout. But I do think that there's a lot of isolation going on. To me it's more like reading a book. I like to be able to stop it and start it the way you would stop reading a book, especially if people insist on making two-hour-and-40-minute movies. You don't sit and read "War and Peace" all the way through in one sitting.
Read the entire interview
here.
--posted by Kim
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