There's really nobody (in North America) making movies like he is. Cronenberg deals with self- esteem, self-image and individual perception. He's always talking about the transformation of the body from man to machine.

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He's one of the few filmmakers that you can learn something from. 'Spider,' 'Dead Ringers,' 'History of Violence,' they're all four-star films. They call for a brave audience. But that's what art is about. It's what discourse is about.

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