Crimes of the Future
nyone vaguely familiar with the work of David Cronenberg will be well aware of the body horror aspects of his movies. From the all-time classic head explosion in Scanners to the horrible fly/man thing, Jeff Goldblum turns into at the end of the 80s The Fly. With Crimes of the Future Cronenberg does what Cronenberg does best, nightmare-inducing body horror. In Crimes of the Future, the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, and the body undergoes new transformations and mutations. With his partner, Caprice, Saul Tenser, a celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. Timlin, an investigator from the National Organ Registry, obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed with their sole mission to use Saul’s notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution. It’s a tough watch as is most of Cronenberg’s movies, but it offers a fascinating
