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      Crimes of the Future

      1970 1 hr. 10 min. Sci-Fi List
      67% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 29% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A man (Ronald Mlodzik) takes a bizarre journey while searching for a kidnapped 5-year-old girl. Read More Read Less

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      Elvis D El segundo largometraje de David Cronenberg es una pequeña mejora en comparación con Stereo y muestra un par de elementos que David empezaría a utilizar en sus películas de horror corporal. Crimes Of The Future usa el mismo método que se usó en Stereo. Un narrador que se encarga de narrar los sucesos, personajes que recurren a la mímica y los gestos y la ausencia de sonido. La única diferencia es que es la primera película de Cronenberg hecha a color y además la banda sonora consiste en sonidos bastante extraños. La película además actúa de una manera bastante random, haciendo que sea algo complicado seguir el argumento. La historia está contada de una manera tan ambigua que para poder entender de que se trata, hace falta leer la hipnosis después de verla que resume todo en pequeños renglones. Lo que se puede entender es que la historia transcurre en un futuro distópico, donde, por causa de una enfermedad provocada por un cosmético, muchas mujeres murieron, haciendo que estén casi en extinción. También se hace alusión a la evolución humana, la supervivencia y el sexo en una mezcla sobre qué posible futuro le depara a una sociedad donde ya casi no hay mujeres. Debido a que las mujeres son importantes para que la humanidad siga existiendo, un futuro sin ellas es bastante difícil de imaginar. Mucho de lo que pasa aquí es bizarro, pero teniendo en cuenta la temática principal, es claro que la población masculina sufre de una terrible desesperación. Lo más escabroso es el final que hace que toca la moral de las personas y plantea la cuestión de que tan lejos está dispuesto el ser humano a llegar para sobrevivir en una situación catastrófica. Se puede decir que Crimes Of The Future es una rareza que como película en sí es cuestionable, pero deja una tesis sobre uno de los muchos futuros que le pueden aguardar a la humanidad. Mi calificación final para esta película es un 6/10. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/24 Full Review David W Crimes of the Future is a very artsy and experimental film offering a unique look into the young mind of its creator, David Cronenberg. While interesting, I would only watch this again to try to determine more of the enigmatic meaning and if there were nothing better to choose from. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/24 Full Review J S it's not my cup of tea but i'm surprised how low it's rated. i thought it was beautifully shot. great mise-en-scène. maybe it's because I love brutalist architecture, or maybe it's because I saw a better restoration than some people have, but I disagree with many past reviews saying it's not worth watching, or that it would be better to just read the plot summary than watch. I think the opposite is true. the plot is not for me, but the filming is beautiful. it's an art film, and of course feels like a very compitent student film considering it was all obviously filmed at the university of toronto - that the 'hotel' is clearly a dorm and the 'organization headquarters' and 'labs' are also just lecture halls, the university's art gallery, etc. still, that in and of itself makes it a great documentary of some the quintisential brutalist and modernist architecture and design that is so characteristic of toronto. if you are not squeemish, check it out! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/16/23 Full Review Bill T Interesting. but boy, you need a seatbelt, and maybe a pillow to sit through David Cronenberg's 2nd film.. What's it all about? Who knows, but there's some weirdly future comparsions to the AIDS crisis that would happen 15 years later (at least in my interpretation). The whole thing is confusing, wonderfully archaic set-wise, and oddly enough, hypnotically erotic. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/03/23 Full Review Audience Member I could only recommend this to the very few people on the planet that actually like these highly experimental yet sterile and uninteresting film student-esque projects. Humble beginnings for a remarkable filmmaker. Look at it that way. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Not easy to watch as the movie seems totally unstructured. The chatalizmic last 7 minutes reveals that the movie was a mad voyage to a crime. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dave Kehr Chicago Reader All of Cronenberg's personal obsessions--the distortion of the body, the grotesquerie of sex--are on display, though the treatment is a bit sophomoric. Mar 19, 2003 Full Review Kristin Battestella InSession Film Fortunately, the silence, slow movement, and stillness match the 1997 concrete, fallen industrialized affluence, and empty isolation. Jul 25, 2023 Full Review Bill Bria Vague Visages These acts aren’t merely made out of despair. They’re the final step in a metamorphosis... Jun 15, 2023 Full Review Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Very quiet and eccentric film features Cronenberg's usual preoccupation with flesh, sexuality and identity. Rated: A- Nov 29, 2022 Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending Fascinating as a germinal form of Cronenberg's interest[s]... but it's not really fascinating as a movie in its own right. Rated: 2.5/5 Jun 13, 2022 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion A great analytical joke by David Cronenberg, who has already the impeccable deadpan style to tell it Nov 17, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A man (Ronald Mlodzik) takes a bizarre journey while searching for a kidnapped 5-year-old girl.
      Director
      David Cronenberg
      Screenwriter
      David Cronenberg
      Genre
      Sci-Fi
      Original Language
      English