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David Cronenberg: Interviews with Serge Grunberg

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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..

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.