Before Paul Verhoeven directed "Total Recall" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the studio was developing the project with David Cronenberg (The Fly, Eastern Promises). Now, thanks to artist Ron Miller, we have some concept art from the pre-production stage, giving us an idea of Cronenberg's vision. Check out the concept art below. "Cronenberg's 'Total Recall' would certainly have been a very different movie than the one ultimately produced," said Miller. "So different that it was proposed at one time that his version be filmed as a sequel." He continued: "What eventually became Pyramid Mountain in the Verhoeven version was originally a prehistoric Martian sphinx excavated from the Martian desert, and a good deal more screen time was have been allotted to Kuato, including an elaborate dream sequence where he morphed first into the sphinx and then into a kind of phosphorescent vagina." "Cronenberg had some very Cronenberg touches, such as...
- 5/4/2012
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Despite Len Wiseman providing his take this summer, there is another version of Total Recall that was out in the ether. Before Paul Verhoeven took over, David Cronenberg worked for about a year on an adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story We Can Remember it For You Wholesale. Having written twelve different drafts before failing out with producers Dino De Laurentiis and Ronald Shusett, concept art was even developed. Today, we have our first look at some of these pieces thanks to i09.
Artist Ron Miller and his wife Judith worked on the film in Dilaurentiis’ Rome studio with production designer Pierluigi Basile and now we can see a batch of these images. They mention that Cronenberg’s version would have been less of an “over-the-top adventure” and more like the original source. See some pictures below, along with a blurb about some of Cronenberg’s intentions.
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Artist Ron Miller and his wife Judith worked on the film in Dilaurentiis’ Rome studio with production designer Pierluigi Basile and now we can see a batch of these images. They mention that Cronenberg’s version would have been less of an “over-the-top adventure” and more like the original source. See some pictures below, along with a blurb about some of Cronenberg’s intentions.
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- 5/3/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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