Crimes of the Future (1970)

Director:

David Cronenberg

Writer:

David Cronenberg

Release Date:

10 August 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Crimes of the Future details the wanderings of Tripod (Mlodzik), sometime director of a dermatological clinic called the House of Skin...

Plot Keywords:

Satire | Independent Film

Cast

Ronald Mlodzik	...	Adrian Tripod
Jon Lidolt
Tania Zolty
Jack Messinger
Paul Mulholland
William Haslam
Willem Poolman		(as William Poolman)
Stefan Czernecki
Raymond Woodley		(as Ray Woodley)
Kaspars Dzeguze
Iain Ewing
Brian Linehan
Leland Richard
Norman Snider
Stephen Zeifman
William Wine
Bruce Martin
Don Owen
Udo Kasemets
Sheldon Cohen
George Gibbins
Rafe Macpherson
Aus von Blicke		(as Count Aus von Blicke)

Directed by
David Cronenberg

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Cronenberg

Produced by
David Cronenberg	....	producer

Cinematography by
David Cronenberg

Film Editing by
David Cronenberg

Other crew
Jon Lidolt	....	title designer
Stefan Nosko	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Emergent Films Ltd.

Distributors

• New Cinema Enterprises (1974) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2004) (Canada) (DVD)
• Blue Underground (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (1996) (laserdisc)
• Criterion Collection, The (1998) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (1989) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Pan Vision Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | UK:12 (2006) | Finland:K-18 (2006) (self applied)

Filming Locations:

Massey College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Emergent Films Ltd.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Directors: The Films of David Cronenberg (#1.10)" (1999)

I love Cronenberg, but...

This film, I believe, is only about 70 minutes long and succeeded in being one of the longest movies I have ever seen. I actually fell asleep for about 10 minutes toward the end. I appreciate this movie to an extent since the concept itself is interesting and the narration, when it happens, can be quite funny. But it gets old quickly. I think it is more interesting to remember than it is to watch. I view this movie and "Stereo" the same way. The narration is funny at times and has a very satirical and original style but it is not enough to keep one awake, let alone keep ones interest. I think the lack of sound is due to Cronenberg's laziness and lack of desire to do any recording and mixing. Maybe I should give him more credit than that. Maybe it was lack of funds and knowlege. After all he was paying for those out of his own pocket and was, to paraphrase his own words, still teaching himself how to make movies.