Crimes of the Future: Dystopia marks Cronenberg’s inspired return to directing

🇧🇷 Marking the return of Canadian director David Cronenberg (Crash — Strange Pleasures) after eight years, the impressive Crimes of the Future arrived this Thursday (14) in theaters.

Rescuing the aesthetics of his first works — science fiction with doses of graphic horror like The fly (1986) —, the futuristic feature illustrates a dystopia in which humans, unable to feel physical pain, begin to extrapolate the possibilities of modifying their bodies.

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The protagonist is Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), a performance artist who, alongside his partner, Caprice (Léa Seydoux), performs live tumor removal procedures, as a show. Surgeries, skin cuts and organ extractions are shown in detail by the filmmaker, who, with stylized photography and bizarre images, makes the film a true experience — which can sometimes be uncomfortable for a more sensitive audience, but far from causing fainting spells or nausea, as commented upon after his presentation at the Cannes Film Festival🇧🇷

The shocking scenes and the very original story are a delight for fans of the director, who is inspired even after a long and diverse filmography. The production, which will be exclusively available on streaming Mubi as of the 29th, it still transforms eccentricity into moments of laughter with fun performances by Don McKellar and Kristen Stewart in supporting roles.

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Published in VEJA São Paulo on July 20, 2022, edition no. 2798