"The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore, television is reality, and reality is less than television."
-Brian O'Blivion
Cronenburg is a genius, and my new favorite director. This film is yet another brilliant depiction of human-kind's relationship to technology; the fantastic possibilities of transcending our physical and psychic boundaries, and the terrible ways it can be misused. Who says horror/sci-fi can't be a medium for serious philosophical exploration? Not I, and for anyone who does, nearly the entirety of Cronenburg's filmography (except for works such as A History of Violence and Eastern Promises that simply aren't of this genre) would beg to differ.
