I like Cronenberg films. I have been watching his movies since the 80's. Shivers, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers... I think he got it wrong with this one. The reason I like Cronenberg is because he successfully bridges the gap between genre and art-house films to create something odder and more intense than either. The two movies of this period Crash and eXistenZ show that he has lost this talent and is happy to revert to type. Crash is arty and eXistenZ is candy. They both seemed to be lacking elements of each other. They are both reasonable films but highlight a drift in his directorial prowess. Yes the JG Ballard tale is a weird one but the direction is a bit straight for my tastes... not enough honest weirdness and too much literary weirdness.
Review of Crash
