tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post6324321745535384120..comments2024-03-26T20:30:14.110-07:00Comments on Cinematic Catharsis: The BroodBarry P.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-15340404408541902442012-07-13T23:59:36.159-07:002012-07-13T23:59:36.159-07:00Very true. Visceral is the perfect word to descri...Very true. Visceral is the perfect word to describe Cronenberg's work in general. The Brood is much more stark and intimate, whereas The Manitou is cartoonish by comparison.Barry P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-50112097325296726322012-07-13T22:50:38.179-07:002012-07-13T22:50:38.179-07:00I couldn't agree more, for which reason I love...I couldn't agree more, for which reason I love the Manitou. It's practically stupid. Perhaps Cronenberg's emotional involvement in the grotesquery of women is what made his movie so much less laughable and more visceral.The Goodkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294509858220476081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-34678456705853165142012-07-13T19:50:40.126-07:002012-07-13T19:50:40.126-07:00Point taken, although I think The Brood has some g...Point taken, although I think The Brood has some genuine thrills, while The Manitou is hard to take seriously. ... Of course the Manitou is entertaining for entirely different reasons.Barry P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11251536316431708240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1463671176628323648.post-9012137124900332502012-07-13T08:25:14.352-07:002012-07-13T08:25:14.352-07:00This is another entertaining movie from Cronenberg...This is another entertaining movie from Cronenberg (and Shore), but it seems rather misogynist to me. Four months earlier <a href="http://vhsarchive.blogspot.com/2011/08/manitou.html" rel="nofollow">The Manitou</a> also made women evil by making their reproductive bodies monstrous.The Goodkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17294509858220476081noreply@blogger.com