David Cronenberg: Interviews with Serge Grunberg [Paperback]

Serge Grunberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 10, 2005

Ever since his emergence from the Canadian cinematic underground during the late 1960s, David Cronenberg has challenged and disturbed audiences with works that range from cutting-edge commercial to cult-fave studies in "body horror" and existential despair. This collection of new interviews by critic Serge Grünberg examines Cronenberg from his career's uncertain beginnings through his ascendancy to master filmmaker. Cronenberg talks candidly about aesthetics, censorship, sexuality, the straightjacket of political correctness, and the ephemeral sense of reality in an age saturated with mass media. Each of his landmark films is discussed in detail, accompanied by stills, rare handbills and posters, and storyboards that show the creative process at work. Detailing both his textbook masterpieces — works like Videodrome, Naked Lunch, and The Fly — and his more edgy films such as the transsexual romance M. Butterfly and the bloody cyberpunk epic Existenz, these interviews shed light on one of cinema’s most talented and misunderstood creators.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing (December 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0859653765
• ISBN-13: 978-0859653763
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,290,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great infomative read, June 25, 2006

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Richard A. Martinez "a viewer in NYC" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: David Cronenberg: Interviews with Serge Grunberg (Paperback)

few directors are actually good at giving intelligent yet enaging interviews..or DVD audio commentaries for that matter..Cronenberg is one of the few, this book covers everything from his early doubts and stuggles to make films, as well as his continuing fascination with the realtionship his characters have to their bodies and the particularly complex situations they find themselves in..I only wish the book had color stills, as Cronenberg is one of the very few subtle visualists we have working today..but the texts are well worth the read..

4 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When? (Update: This was finally released), March 9, 2006

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M. Finger "M." (Gomel, Belarus) - See all my reviews

This review is from: David Cronenberg: Interviews with Serge Grunberg (Paperback)

I waited for this book for almost three years (as described below) and became so frustrated with the publisher that not only did I write (ill-advisedly) a negative one-star review owing to the book's unavailability, but I also waited five years after the book's release to actually obtain it. Now that I finally have the book in my possession, I can say that it stands shoulder to shoulder with Cronenberg on Cronenberg and Tim Lucas's Videodrome retrospective.

Original review:
Why does this title continue and and continue to be pushed back? This book was originally to be published in the fall of 2003, but was delayed multiple times in roughly three month intervals. Each time the newly posted release date was reached, a new delay of roughly three months was issued. I'm skeptical that this book has been published even today. "Usually ships in one to three months"? That's ridiculous.