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F The Fly (1986)
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The Fly (1986)

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Country: US
Technical: col 100m
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz

Synopsis:

A scientist experimenting with a teleportation device inadvertently allows a fly to penetrate the telepod and the insect's DNA fuses with his own, resulting in some alarming manifestations.

Review:

Cronenberg's biggest budget to date offered him the chance to showcase some spectacularly gruesome creature effects, and indulge his obsession with physical stigmata, but, to its credit, this strong picture does not neglect the human cost of Brundlefly's predicament. The director's interest here revolves around an AIDS-like mix of horror and wonderment at the body's capacity to degrade 'before your eyes', as Goldblum hunches over the washbasin and detaches another part of his crumbling anatomy, and the fusion scenario has echoes of Woods with gun or VCR in Videodrome.

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Country: US
Technical: col 100m
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz

Synopsis:

A scientist experimenting with a teleportation device inadvertently allows a fly to penetrate the telepod and the insect's DNA fuses with his own, resulting in some alarming manifestations.

Review:

Cronenberg's biggest budget to date offered him the chance to showcase some spectacularly gruesome creature effects, and indulge his obsession with physical stigmata, but, to its credit, this strong picture does not neglect the human cost of Brundlefly's predicament. The director's interest here revolves around an AIDS-like mix of horror and wonderment at the body's capacity to degrade 'before your eyes', as Goldblum hunches over the washbasin and detaches another part of his crumbling anatomy, and the fusion scenario has echoes of Woods with gun or VCR in Videodrome.


Country: US
Technical: col 100m
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz

Synopsis:

A scientist experimenting with a teleportation device inadvertently allows a fly to penetrate the telepod and the insect's DNA fuses with his own, resulting in some alarming manifestations.

Review:

Cronenberg's biggest budget to date offered him the chance to showcase some spectacularly gruesome creature effects, and indulge his obsession with physical stigmata, but, to its credit, this strong picture does not neglect the human cost of Brundlefly's predicament. The director's interest here revolves around an AIDS-like mix of horror and wonderment at the body's capacity to degrade 'before your eyes', as Goldblum hunches over the washbasin and detaches another part of his crumbling anatomy, and the fusion scenario has echoes of Woods with gun or VCR in Videodrome.

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