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| Director: | David Cronenberg |
| Studio: | Sony Pictures |
| Producer: | Grant Curtis, Laura Ziskin, Avi Arad, Joseph M. Caracciolo, Stan Lee |
| Writer: | Patrick McGrath, Patrick McGrath |
| Rating: | 4 |
| Rated: | R |
| Date Added: | 2007-03-06 |
| Purchased On: | 2007-06-03 |
| ASIN: | B00000F4MA |
| UPC: | 0043396003736 |
| Price: | $19.94 |
| Awards: | 12 wins & 16 nominations |
| Genre: | Suspense |
| Release: | 2003-07-28 |
| IMDb: | 0278731 |
| Duration: | 99 |
| Picture Format: | Widescreen |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.78:1 |
| Sound: | Dolby |
| Languages: | English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary by David Cronenberg, Unknown |
| Subtitles: | English |
| Features: | Anamorphic
Full Screen |
Comments: The only thing worse than losing your mind... is finding it again.
Summary: Internal madness is hypnotically externalized in David Cronenberg's Spider, a disturbing portrait of schizophrenia. Adapted by Patrick McGrath from his celebrated novel, this no-frills production begins when "Spider" Cleg (Ralph Fiennes, in a daring, nearly nonverbal role) returns to his childhood neighborhood in London's dreary East End, where a traumatic event from his past percolates to the surface of his still-erratic consciousness. Released from a mental institution and left to fend for himself, he pursues elusive memories while staying in a halfway house run by a stern matron (Lynn Redgrave), unable to distinguish between past, present, and psychological fabrication. The distorting influence of Spider's mind is directly reflected in Cronenberg's cunning visual strategy, presenting a shifting "reality" that's deliberately untrustworthy, until the veracity of nearly every scene is called into question. With an impressive dual-role performance by Miranda Richardson, Spider falls prey to its own lugubrious rhythms, but like the acclaimed 1995 indie film Clean, Shaven, it's a compelling glimpse of mental illness, seen from the inside out. --Jeff Shannon
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Spider
(2002)
France