367 - RELATIVITY (1966) + SPIDER (2002) ft. Violet Lucca
Added 2025-02-09 21:16:09 +0000 UTCHosts Josh and Jamie and special returning guest critic and author Violet Lucca discuss a double feature inspired by her new book "David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials" with one of his earliest inspirations in sci-fi paperback cover artist turned experimental filmmaker Ed Emshwiller's RELATIVITY (1966) and one of Cronenberg's more unloved and forgotten passion projects, the psychological drama SPIDER (2002) starring Ralph Fiennes as a Freudian schizophrenic whose subjective mind provides Cronenberg with dreamy and depressed experimental form of the film.
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Intro // 00:00-15:53
RELATIVITY // 15:53-1:01:07
SPIDER // 1:01:07-1:56:36
Outro // 1:56:36-1:59:38
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