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Fly, The (David Cronenberg, 1986)

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Director: David Cronenberg

Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis

Synopsis: A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

Tagline: Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Classification: M18 for some sexual content, profanity, violence, gore, and grotesque images.

Release date: 15-Aug-1986 (USA)

Running time: 96min

Language: English

Studio website: -

Links: IMDb Profile

Awards: Won 1 Oscar - best makeup.

Categories: Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

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Fly, The (1986)

That's actually the original quote from the original film.

Genre: Drama Horror Sci-Fi Thriller (USA, Canada, UK)

Starring: Jeff Goldblum (Jurrasic Park; Deep Cover), Gena Davis (Thelma And Louise; A League Of Their Own)

Directed By: David Cronenberg (Dead Ringers; Naked Lunch)

Overview: A man builds a teleporter, and like all fanatical scientists, falls prey to his own experiments.

Performance:

The curse of the 80s... Melodrama. Yes it's good, but in that big hair, too much big everything else kind of way. Yes, big is the way of the 80s and it's prevalent here, but I think it was a sign of the times. Hell, who knows, maybe in the 80s we were less jaded and it's us looking back at a time that no longer exists, but did then? What a messed up spatial conundrum huh? Well, you know what? It's not really, if you compare to "A-Team" and "MacGuyver"... then you see that argument as lame as the acting was. Sorry Brundle, you're over the top.
Rating: 6

Cinematography:

The images were pretty standard, but the gore effects were pretty fancy-pantsy, I must say. And they weren't stingy on it either. Nothing high-art here, but it's fine.
Rating: 7

Script:

The script seemed to waiver between really believable, and far too explanatory for this to be an audienceless, realistic dialogue between people. Sure she's a journalist trying to learn, but if I was a scientist still waiting on a patent, I'd shut my frikken yap.
Rating: 7

Plot:

The story on the other hand is a nice flow for a metamorphosis plot. Kafka's got nothing on this guy. The fanaticism grows, the madness and the mutations, the inner struggle, awesome stuff, climactic ending!
Rating: 8

Mood:

When I noticed that Davis Cronenberg directed this, having made other such films as eXistenZ, Naked Lunch, and Dead Ringers, it became obvious that his hand was in this. He really seems to enjoy warped and twisted freak fusions of alien things. I was quite pleased with the mood of this film, though I wished that there was more twisted and less logic in the transformation.
Rating: 7

"What? What? Do I have something on my face?"

Overall Rating: 70% (Not the Biggest Buzz, But Still Fun)

Aftertaste:

Definitely better than the original, this one sadly does not have the famous 1958 quote, "Be afraid... Be very afraid" Wow. I liked it. It's a little more melodramatic than what I remembered but the progression from man to fly-thing is believable and the motivations of the "Brundlefly" are trés realistic. Good stuff. I, myself, liked it tons more than the rating I gave it.

Recommendations: Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009), Requiem for a Dream, Dawn of the Dead

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Fly, The (David Cronenberg, 1986)

Canadian one-of-a-kind film auteur, David Cronenberg, whose recent pictures such as Eastern Promises, and A History Of Violence have made him a director to look out for in the future. But he's no new kid in the block. Cronenberg has been around since the late 70s, making independent films that only a few die-hards would want to pay dollars to see. He's a cult filmmaker with a fetish for things strange yet grotesque, often mixing science-fiction with horror, and establishing himself as one of the most creative oddballs in world cinema.

While his two latest works mark a career shift from indie features to making more accessible films with Oscar pedigree, most fans would agree that the 1980s was when Cronenberg was at his prime, directing films like Scanners, The Dead Zone, and Videodrome. The Fly is as Cronenbergian as they come; insane amounts of gore, gruesome violence, and some of the most disturbing images to come out of 1980s cinema.

The Fly is an unconventional horror flick. It focuses on the blossoming romance between the two main characters played convincingly and with great chemistry by Jeff Goldblum (Brundle) and Geena Davis. When an unaware Mr. Brundle teleports himself together with a fly in a bid to become the first scientist to successfully conquer teleportation, the consequence becomes disastrous, both physically, mentally, and most pitiful of all, romantically.

Winning a solitary Oscar for Best Makeup, The Fly is an exhibition of how far makeup artists can excel in the field of cinema. Brundlefly, the tragic result of an experiment gone wrong, is a character that viewers will be keen to sympathize, despite its capability to maim victims in the most horrible fashion imaginable. This is precisely the reason The Fly works so excellently. The last scene when the final transformation of Brundlefly makes its entrance is unforgettable; I've never felt frightened and heartbroken at the same time before. Cronenberg is simply a genius at what he does.

SCORE: 8.5/10
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Fly, The (1986)

That's actually the original quote from the original film. Genre: Drama Horror Sci-Fi Thriller (USA, Canada, UK) Starring: Jeff Goldblum (Jurrasic Park; Deep Cover), Gena Davis (Thelma And Louise; A League Of Their Own) Directed By: David Cronenberg (Dead Ringers; Naked Lunch) Overview: A man builds a teleporter, and like all fanatical scientists, falls prey to his own experiments. Performance: The curse of the 80s... Melodrama. Yes it's good, but in that big hair, too much big everything else kind of way. Yes, big is the way of the 80s and it's prevalent here, but I think it was a sign of the times. Hell, who knows, maybe in the 80s we were less jaded and it's us looking back at a time that no longer exists, but did then? What a messed up spatial conundrum huh? Well, you know what? It's not really, if you compare to "A-Team" and "MacGuyver"... then you see that argument as lame as the acting was. Sorry Brundle, you're over the top. Rating: 6 Cinematography: The images...

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