The next step in evolution
Cronenberg’s surgery horror hits Cannes
published : 27 May 2022 at 04:00
The maestro is teasing us, with his favourite instrument: the scalpel. Mechanical, electrified scalpels that split open the flesh — often, the belly — like a bulging purse being unzipped. This time, what comes out of the belly is a menagerie of grotesque organs — organs with neither names nor functions, grown inside the body primed for involuntary evolution.
David…