23Jun10

Aces in the Hole

Two of our favorite artists, filmmaker David Cronenberg (Naked Lunch, Videodrome) and novelist Jonathan Lethem (who’s written liner notes for us and even set the opening scene of his most recent novel in the Criterion Collection office), are joining (dark) forces. According to the Guardian today, Cronenberg is going to direct an adaptation of Lethem’s 1997 novel As She Climbed Across the Table, which is a romance, though one with a decidedly Cronenbergian, sci-fi bent: a man must compete with a miniature black hole for the love of a fellow physicist. Here’s hoping this project happens, along with the ever ambitious director’s planned big-screen versions of Christopher Hampton’s play The Talking Cure and Don DeLillo’s novel Cosmopolis.

Videodrome

Videodrome

David Cronenberg

1983

87 min

Color

1.85:1

Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

David Cronenberg

1991

115 min

Color

1.85:1

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Wed 23 Jun at 06:26 PM

Kim McGinnis

I am a big fan of David Cronenberg and I love the intelligence and subtle humor of his films. The element that always wins me over and allows me to forgive other not-so-great elements is humor. Movies (and people) that take themselves too seriously are a bore and should be ignored. No matter the genre of a film, a little humor is always welcome as far as I’m concerned. We are in the midst of producing our first feature with Andy Feld, and even though it is a ‘spiritual/new age film’, there is plenty of humor in it. For my partner and me at Avenstar Productions, we are looking at more than just making money – we want visibility and want as people to see this movie as possible. It is important for us to show people that developing you spirituality and raising your consciousness is more than contemplating your belly button. If anyone wants to see a trailer of our film, Shamshara… check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4XL73F7GZI

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