Crimes of the Future (1970)

Review: Crimes of the Future (1970)

Director: David Cronenberg

Cast: Ronald Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Tania Zolty, Paul Mulholland, Jack Messinger,

Ronald Mlodzik
Ronald Mlodzik
Jon Lidolt
Jon Lidolt
Tania Zolty
Tania Zolty
Paul Mulholland
Paul Mulholland
Jack Messinger
Jack Messinger

Plot: Crimes of the Future is set in a future where sexually mature women appear to have been obliterated by a plague produced by the use of cosmetics. The film details the wanderings of Adrian Tripod, director of the dermatological clinic the House of Skin. Tripod seems at a loss following the disappearance of his mentor Antoine Rouge.

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The future crimes of David Cronenberg

The future crimes of David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg returns to his roots with a new movie which borrows its title and major themes from his early experimental feature Crimes of the Future (1970); once again nature responds to destructive human activity by accelerating the […]

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Cronenberg in transition: <i>Scanners</i> (1981)

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With Scanners, his occasionally gory telepath thriller, David Cronenberg made a significant move from low-budget horror towards the […]

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