25th anniversary
Directed by David Cronenberg
An experiment gone awry blends scientist Seth Brundle’s genes with those of a housefly, causing a monstrous transformation. David Cronenberg’s remake of the 1958 film ups the gross-out factor as Brundle decomposes into what the New York Times called “a creature so repulsive he makes the monster in Aliens look like Grandma in a Norman Rockwell painting.” A tragic and compelling reminder that science and drunken fits of jealousy never mix.
Twentieth Century Fox. Producer: Stuart Cornfeld. Screenwriter: Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg. Cinematographer: Mark Irwin. Editor: Ronald Sanders. Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Les Carlson.
35mm, color, 96 min.
