Cronenberg on Cronenberg (Directors on Directors)
With films such asThe BroodandVideodrome,David Cronenbergestablished himself as Canada's most provocative director.  With subsequent movies such asThe Dead Zone,The Fly,Dead RingersandNaked Lunch, Cronenberg demonstrated his ability not only to touch painful nerves, but also to invest his own developing genre with seriousness, philosophical dimension and a rare emotional intensity.