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With #CrimesOfTheFuture, his first feature film in eight years, filmmaker David Cronenberg returns with a project that acts as a summation of themes that have run throughout his career, an interest in how the body interacts with technology. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Cronenberg sat down with Mark Olsen (@IndieFocus) to discuss his path to making the new film. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Did Cronenberg mean to take a break from filmmaking?

“Yeah, at a certain point I thought I just didn’t need the aggravation,” he said. latimes.com/entertainment-… “I didn’t feel that I would stop being creative. I just
David Cronenberg: “When you create art and you unleash it on the world, sometimes it unleashes other things back at you.”

The filmmaker sat down to discuss his career and latest film, #CrimesOfTheFuture. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Does David Cronenberg think we are evolving?

“Evolution isn’t about becoming a better creature. It’s just becoming a creature who is more capable of existing in an environment," says the filmmaker. "So yes, we are evolving.” latimes.com/entertainment-… “It’s obvious that we are in fact evolving. We’re comp
“Technology, as I’ve said endlessly, is really a reflection of what we are,” said Cronenberg. “One of the good things is that if it weren’t for my hearing aids and now for my cataract surgery, I wouldn’t be making movies.” latimes.com/entertainment-… “Yes, I am bionic. I have plastic lenses in my eyes and li
“I’m always amazed when people say, ‘Why are you so obsessed with the human body?’ And I say, ‘Well, I’m not really obsessed, but I can’t imagine not being interested.’ How can you not be interested? It is the essence of what we are,” said Cronenberg. latimes.com/entertainment-…

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Going into election night, a talking point in the national media was whether California voters would rebuke the left and move a bit more to the center.

But the election results were far from a sweeping shift to the center.

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• L.A. mayor’s race: Rick Caruso and Karen Bass are headed to a November runoff latimes.com/california/sto…

• San Francisco voters recall D.A. Chesa Boudin latimes.com/california/sto…

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