 |
Love david cronenberg. Hate jeremy irons. Unfortunately there are two of him in this. Reasonable story with some nice cronenbergesque scenes. But just a bit too twee and jeremy ironsish for my liking.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
As All ways simply the best
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Cronenberg's emotionally devastating study of the perverse relationship between identical twin gynaecologists, Beverly and Elliot Mantle, is an intense psychological drama which confronts his familiar preoccupations - fear of physical and mental disintegration, mortality, the power struggle between the sexes - without the paradoxical protection of visceral disgust. Instead, the abstract, expressionist imagery synthesises the physical and the mental. Courtesy of clever, unobtrusive trick camerawork, Irons gives a superlative performance as both twins. The delicate symbiotic balance between the brothers is suddenly upset by the eruption into their lives of hedonistic actress Claire (Bujold). As always, they share everything, including Claire, until Beverly realises that he has at last found something he does not want to share, and he is plunged into a whirlpool of emotional confusion; when Elliot tries to help, he too is sucked into the vortex of pain and despair. Likewise, Cronenberg pulls us deeper and deeper into his harrowing tale of separation and loss, the disturbing, cathartic power of which leaves one drained but exhilaratedRead full review
What a film! Irons is underestimated and not well known enough! He is a seriously good actor. It was hard to identify who was who (playing both parts of identical twin bros), luckily there is a small noticeable (and deliberate) difference. I knew about this film before i watched it and it didn't disappoint.
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best-selling in DVDs & Blu-rays
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on DVDs & Blu-rays
Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- You may also like
![Dead Ringers [DVD] [1989] - DVD 4AVG The Cheap Fast Free Post](https://ir.ebaystatic.com/rs/c/prpweb-src-images-space-98af7172.gif)