TinkerTailor
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I can't begin to argue how wrong and ignorant this quote is.
I actually think that's a beautifully accurate way to describe comics. He also states that comics can lend themselves to cinematic adaptations through characters/stories etc. I really don't see what's wrong with that quote.
It's so poetic.
He sounds jealous and bitter cuz he knows TDKR is gonna stomp all over his new movie at the box office. and it´s not being praised as supreme cinema art either. He should be reminded on how much of his clout to get movies made in the first place came from blowing up heads and making Jeff Goldblum decompose himself into a giant fly.
This quote on the other hand...
Yeah... The Fly was just about Jeff Goldblum turning into a fly. Just like TDK was just about a guy dressed up like a clown.
i dont think his comments are anything more than him giving an answer to a question he was asked. you might not like what cronenberg has to say, but he's not the type of dude who is cheap enough to say things like this for subversive reasons. he's not doing this for attention, since the only limited attention it could ever garner is negative reaction from internet fan boys on stupid message boards. and theres nothing advantageous for him to garner such attention. it has nothing to do with box office returns either. cronenberg is well aware of his films' place in the general public.
as for casting pattinson: he took a teeny bopper star and put him in a movie that requires him to get a rectal exam in the back seat of a limo. imagine all the twilight girls who are going to this movie to unexpectedly endure watching that and tell me yer not amused.
Well said.