David Cronenberg

Signature meta takes

Readings that recur across the films — what makes a film unmistakably theirs.

• The Abject — in 4 of 5
  Dead Ringers · Videodrome · Maps to the Stars · The Fly
• The Body without Organs — in 2 of 5
  Dead Ringers · Videodrome
• The Return of the Repressed — in 2 of 5
  A History of Violence · Maps to the Stars
• The Hyperreal Mirage — in 2 of 5
  A History of Violence · Maps to the Stars

Filmography

• Videodrome (1983) — 4 meta takes
• The Fly (1986) — 3 meta takes
• Dead Ringers (1988) — 2 meta takes
• A History of Violence (2005) — 8 meta takes
• Maps to the Stars (2014) — 5 meta takes