#crimes of the future 1970

[amatesura]

Crimes of the Future (1970) | dir. David Cronenberg

[cannibalspicnic]

DAVID CRONENBERG MARATHON TONIGHT 10/30/24 ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL!

[cronennerd]

Crimes of the Future (1970), dir. David Cronenberg

[icantthinkofaclevername]

Crimes of the Future (1970)

Not to be confused with the movie of the same name, directed by the same guy and released in 2022.

[fredbydawn]

Crimes of the Future (1970) dir. David Cronenberg

Crimes of the Future (2022) dir. David Cronenberg

[james-stark-the-writer]

now watching: David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future (1970)

[eraserheadadult]

Crimes of the Future (1970) dir. David Cronenberg

[mostlygibberish]

I liked the part with the BAR.

Almost indecipherable. Crimes of the Future shares little in common with its 2022 namesake, yet is unmistakeably a product of the same mind. It's a good thing they had access to such interesting buildings for filming, because there's rarely anything else to look at. It's unclear to what extent it was intended to be a comedy, but I got the impression from the dialogue and presentation that it was at least partly satirical.

Basically a series of disconnected scenes in which Adrian "Try-pod" Tripod (Ronald Mlodzik) wanders around narrating vaguely about fictional organisations and the strange politics of the distant future of 1997. All the post-pubescent women have died from a disease caused by applying cosmetics, and now corporations/"heterosexual paedophile" rings are experimenting on young girls to try and continue the human race, maybe? I think?

Bizarre distorted sounds played over scenes with no rhyme or reason whatsoever. Sounds like water running in a shower, a level crossing alarm, or a motorbike passing, but if someone had majorly fucked with them on purpose. There's a significant segment where guys touch each others feet and appear to be agonised by the act, before one of them is murdered off screen, possibly.

One guy constantly grows new unique organs and collects them in specimen jars, which represents the strongest connection to the 2022 film, in what passes for a narrative. The final sequences after the girl was introduced were very uncomfortable, though thankfully nothing too distasteful actually occurred, for a given value of distasteful, I suppose.

Crimes of the Future is barely a movie, though it's certainly an experience. I'm glad I watched it, but I don't think I can rate it.

[haverwood]

Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg Canada, 1970

[amatesura]

Crimes of the Future (1970) | dir. David Cronenberg

[sourkitsch]

Just walked passed the most massive brutalist mental hospital in existence & it had a pride flag in one of the windows it was very disorienting and all I could think was how it felt like something out of a Cronenberg film

[rrrauschen]

David Cronenberg, {1970} Crimes Of The Future

[cronennerd]

Crimes of the Future (1970), dir. David Cronenberg

[vibratome]

pretty based of brandon cronenberg to follow in his fathers footsteps and make his first film follow a deranged pale freak scientist with no morals

[tracyfennell]