49/39
Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 961: Into a Violent Wilderness + TIFF 2024 (2024)
Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, builds a device to connect with the dead inside a funeral shroud.
🤑In a plot that feels like a worn-out shroud, Karsh, an innovative businessman (read: Tesla enthusiast), builds a device to connect with the dead inside funeral shrouds
David Cronenberg’s latest cinematic offering, “The Shrouds,” left me pondering a burning question: Did Elon Musk fund this in the form of a 2-hour Tesla commercial, or was it just a happy accident?
Meanwhile, you’re wondering why any of this needed to exist in 2024, except to remind us to take data security seriously
If this sounds familiar, it’s because Cronenberg has done it all (voyeurism, obsession with death) before — only much better, with fewer gadgets and more substance, a mandatory dystopian future with evil Russians/Chinese.
Ultimately, The Shrouds may just be a reminder of how much better Cronenberg is
The man’s previous work was — or maybe how much we all need a Tesla.