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In David CronenbergsThe Shrouds, emotions manifest themselves through changes to the body.
A man bleeds because hes nervous.
Grief rots the teeth.
But he does believe in an afterlife.
But Relikhs shrouds are real.
But then again, Cronenberg makes personal films.
Movies likeA Dangerous MethodandCrimes of the Futuredont happen because someone wants to make a quick buck.
Cronenberg has always been fascinated by control, andThe Shroudsreally goes to town on the idea.
The date itself was engineered (Im pretty sure thats the word used) by Karshs dentist.
Theres adultery and cuckoldry and suspicions of adultery and cuckoldry and doubles and all the other good Cronenbergian ideas.
But none of it really fits together.
Much ofThe Shroudscould be a video essay someone made about a really interesting Cronenberg film calledThe Shrouds.
The parts that do resonate feel like physical metaphors ripped out of real life.
Cronenberg is transmitting to us from the borders of death, behind the enemy lines of inconsolable grief.
Sadly, the inertia eventually gets to us.
