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Cronenberg is a wild director. The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, and Eastern Promises are all top 10 for me. Every other movie you could not pay me to watch. Except A History of Violence.
A History of Violence is Cronenberg outside his comfort zone. It's intentionally awkward and stilted. It draws from the source material and the dialog is not unlike the graphic novel. But it's also not unlike the character. Fake, masked, acting. This is Cronenberg doing a comicbook movie while also trying to make the atmosphere/vibe/style be a reflection of that character. I'm not sure if it's brilliant or just a complete failure. It's certainly meta but is that worth it? I don't know.
What?! Existenz was fantastic! (Unless I'm misremembering)
I thought it was good when I was younger but it did not hold up for me at all recently. It was painful.