CRIMES OF THE FUTURE – a film by David Cronenberg – SPOILERS
Not nearly as gory as, for instance, Guillermo del Toro’s CABINET OF CURIOSITIES, this story might be an attempt by Cronenberg to envision the impact of his work in a stylized future, and seems closely related to his one-minute short film THE DEATH OF DAVID CRONENBERG (which he co-directed with his daughter Caitlin) in which Mr. Cronenberg gets to observe himself after death.
In a time in which physical pain is a thing of the past and humans are impervious to infection, Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen) and former trauma surgeon Caprice (Léa Seydoux) use Tenser’s mutating body as the basis of their performance art. Pain still happens for some people during sleep, and Tenser is one of those favoured with unconscious agony. He has purchased a self-adjusting Orchidbed made by a company called LifeFormWare. It monitors his neural activity, repositioning him accordingly, allowing him to rest.
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