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The
Directors - David Cronenberg
review by Terry Wickham
Winstar Video has joined forces with the American Film Institute to produce a series called The Directors, which profiles today's most acclaimed filmmakers. Each DVD runs an hour long, as they focus on the entire career of each filmmaker. The first volume I had the pleasant opportunity to view was on David Cronenberg. Cronenberg's body of work is examined and we get inside information from the people who worked with him on most of his films. Marilyn Chambers speaks about how she was cast in Rabid. Michael Ironside talks about making Scanners and gives us rare stories of just how strange Cronenberg's dreams are. Deborah Harry recalls Videodrome. Holly Hunter praises Cronenberg's genius mind and passion for making his uniquely personal films. William Dafoe and Jennifer Jason Leigh go over Existenz. Also spread out over the DVD's running time is great photographs from the movies, behind the scenes and Cronenberg goes into great detail on his feelings about each of his films. I found this information tremendously interesting. There is no other filmmaker like David Cronenberg and this is a brilliant volume in an important collection that every filmmaker and fan should own. The interviews are photographed with sharp, rich detail and the sound is likewise high definition. I would go out of my way to obtain this volume, as well as any of the other filmmakers AFI and Winstar profile.
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