From Horror to Body Transmutation in The Cinema of David Cronenberg
The presence of diseases, viruses, sex, violence and the fusion between flesh and inorganic matter have been the constant narratives of David Cronenberg’s cinema, creating a physical and psychological metamorphosis of the characters. These films present visceral imagery where the horrifying and maca...
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| description | The presence of diseases, viruses, sex, violence and the fusion between flesh and inorganic matter have been the constant narratives of David Cronenberg’s cinema, creating a physical and psychological metamorphosis of the characters. These films present visceral imagery where the horrifying and macabre are present. Cronenberg explores the fears towards the body, the transgressions from inside-out, which materialize with technologies, which intrudes us into the dark labyrinths of the degradation of the anatomical mass mixed with metals and dirt. Cronenberg’s cinema, and perhaps its greatest virtue, is that it allows us to connect a critique to the condition of fragility of the biological body in the face of technoscientific advance, however, it also becomes a battlefield, that stage of the abject, from where binary oppositions are answered, and the vehicle to express all types of metaphorical, allegorical, metaphysical and abstract concepts, which dismantles all Cartesian dualist narrative. This last idea allows us to build a debate about a metamorphosis not only of the biological body, but also of the psychic one that the human species is going through; This being the main objective of this essay. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs.revistas.unc.edu.ar:article-457612024-07-29T15:37:09Z From Horror to Body Transmutation in The Cinema of David Cronenberg Del horror a la trasmutación corporal en el cine de David Cronenberg Brito Alvarado, Xavier Film industry Film director Corporality Terror Industria cinematogr´afica Director de cine Corporalidad Horror The presence of diseases, viruses, sex, violence and the fusion between flesh and inorganic matter have been the constant narratives of David Cronenberg’s cinema, creating a physical and psychological metamorphosis of the characters. These films present visceral imagery where the horrifying and macabre are present. Cronenberg explores the fears towards the body, the transgressions from inside-out, which materialize with technologies, which intrudes us into the dark labyrinths of the degradation of the anatomical mass mixed with metals and dirt. Cronenberg’s cinema, and perhaps its greatest virtue, is that it allows us to connect a critique to the condition of fragility of the biological body in the face of technoscientific advance, however, it also becomes a battlefield, that stage of the abject, from where binary oppositions are answered, and the vehicle to express all types of metaphorical, allegorical, metaphysical and abstract concepts, which dismantles all Cartesian dualist narrative. This last idea allows us to build a debate about a metamorphosis not only of the biological body, but also of the psychic one that the human species is going through; This being the main objective of this essay. La presencia de enfermedades, virus, sexo, violencia y la fusión entre la carne y materia inorgánica han sido las narrativas constantes del cine de David Cronenberg, creando una metamorfosis físicas y psicológicas de los personajes. Estas películas presentan una imaginería visceral donde lo horripilante y macabro están presentes. Cronenberg explora los miedos hacia el cuerpo, las transgresiones desde el interior-exterior, que se materializan con las tecnologías, que nos inmiscuye en los oscuros laberintos de la degradación de la masa anatómica mezclada con metales, suciedad. El cine de Cronenberg, y quizás su mayor virtud, es que nos permite conectar una crítica a la condición de fragilidad del cuerpo biológico ante el avance tecnocientífico. Sin embargo, también se convierte en un campo de batalla, aquel escenario de lo abyecto, desde donde se contestan las oposiciones binarias, y el vehículo para expresar todo tipo de conceptos metafóricos, alegóricos, metafísicos y abstractos, que desmantela todo narrativa dualista cartesiana. Esta última idea permite construir un debate sobre una metamorfosis no solo de cuerpo biológico, sino psíquico que está atravesando la especie humana; siendo este el objetivo principal de este ensayo. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2024-07-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/45761 Ética y Cine Journal; Vol. 14 Núm. 2 (2024): Puesta en abismo; 73-83 2250-5415 2250-5660 10.31056/2250.5415.v14.n2 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/45761/45891 Derechos de autor 2024 Ética y Cine Journal https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
| spellingShingle | Film industry Film director Corporality Terror Industria cinematogr´afica Director de cine Corporalidad Horror Brito Alvarado, Xavier From Horror to Body Transmutation in The Cinema of David Cronenberg |
| title | From Horror to Body Transmutation in The Cinema of David Cronenberg |
| title_alt | Del horror a la trasmutación corporal en el cine de David Cronenberg |
| title_full | From Horror to Body Transmutation in The Cinema of David Cronenberg |
| title_fullStr | From Horror to Body Transmutation in The Cinema of David Cronenberg |
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| title_short | From Horror to Body Transmutation in The Cinema of David Cronenberg |
| title_sort | from horror to body transmutation in the cinema of david cronenberg |
| topic | Film industry Film director Corporality Terror Industria cinematogr´afica Director de cine Corporalidad Horror |
| topic_facet | Film industry Film director Corporality Terror Industria cinematogr´afica Director de cine Corporalidad Horror |
| url | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/eticaycine/article/view/45761 |
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