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David Cronenberg

Born

in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

March 15, 1943

Genre

Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction

Influences

William Burroughs, James Ballard, Vladimir Nabokov, Philip K. Dick ...more

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David Paul Cronenberg is a Canadian film director and occasional actor.

He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical.

In the first half of his career, Cronenberg explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, culminating in his visceral and emotional remake of The Fly (1986), with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, followed by Dead Ringers (1988), with Jeremy Irons in the lead role.

Cronenberg has worked with Lord of the Rings star Viggo Mortensen in A History of Violence (2005), Eastern Promises (2007), ...more

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David Cronenberg’s books

Average rating: 3.6 · 5,928 ratings · 775 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	Consumed 3.14 avg rating — 2,585 ratings — published 2014 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crash 4.06 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cronenberg on Cronenberg by Chris Rodley (Editor), David Cronenberg 4.14 avg rating — 719 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Existenz: A Graphic Novel by David Cronenberg, Sean Scoffield 2.97 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Collected Screenplays 1: Stereo / Crimes of the Future / Shivers / Rabid 3.90 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dangerous Method 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David Cronenberg Evolution by David Cronenberg, Noah Cowan, Piers Handling 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Scénario Du "Festin Nu" by David Cronenberg (Screenwriter), William S. Burroughs, Brice Matthieussent (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Susan Bernofsky (Translation), David Cronenberg (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 643,641 ratings — published 1915 — 3482 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume II by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) (Author/Narrator), Matthew Broderick (Narrator), Tim Curry (Narrator) 4.05 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by David Cronenberg

“Do you remember when you found out you wouldn't live forever? People don't talk about this, but everybody had to go through it because you're not born with that knowledge.”
― David Cronenberg

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“Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.”
― David Cronenberg

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“See, you can't rewrite, 'cause to rewrite is to deceive and lie, and you betray your own thoughts. To rethink the flow and the rhythm, the tumbling out of the words, is a betrayal, and it's a sin, Martin, it's a sin."
--Hank (Kerouac)to Martin (Ginsberg) in the film Naked Lunch”
― David Cronenberg

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Polls

What book recommended by King would you like to read in October.

Sole Survivor Dean Koontz

24 votes, 18.0%

The Poet by Michael Connelly

18 votes, 13.5%

A Head Full of Ghosts Paul Tremblay

16 votes, 12.0%

Summer of Night Dan Simmons

10 votes, 7.5%

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West Cormac McCarthy

10 votes, 7.5%

The Shining Girls Lauren Beukes

10 votes, 7.5%

The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón

10 votes, 7.5%

You Caroline Kepnes

9 votes, 6.8%

Coldheart Canyon Clive Barker

7 votes, 5.3%

Some Kind of Fairy Tale Graham Joyce

6 votes, 4.5%

Annihilation Jeff VanderMeer

5 votes, 3.8%

The Land of Laughs Jonathan Carroll

4 votes, 3.0%

Consumed David Cronenberg

3 votes, 2.3%

Doing Harm Kelly Parsons

1 vote, 0.8%

The Natural Bernard Malamud

0 votes, 0.0%

133 total votes

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