David Cronenberg is a unique filmmaker, to say the least. He’s also never been someone scared to mine the dark recesses of the human mind for a story. So, in that sense, it’s not at all surprising that the filmmaker would work with his own daughter to create a film about his own corpse, titled “The Death of David Cronenberg.”
Perhaps the most shocking part of the whole ordeal is that you can watch the new short film, “The Death of David Cronenberg,” now at SuperRare, but they’re seemingly auctioning off access to the film as an NFT. So, yes, Cronenberg is not immune to the NFT craze.
Regardless, if you’re just a curious film fan and want to see what one of the best filmmakers of all time is working on, you should definitely check out “The Death of David Cronenberg.” In the short film, which was written by Cronenberg, the filmmaker is seen walking into a room with a body in the bed. He ends up laying in the bed, cuddling up to his own corpse. It’s very dark and deeply disturbing. So, it’s basically a Cronenberg flick.
But the filmmaker didn’t actually direct this short. Instead, there’s another Cronenberg behind the camera, as Caitlin Cronenberg is the person who shot and produced ‘Death.’
As mentioned, you can watch the short at the SuperRare website and you can even join the auction, if that sort of thing tickles your fancy.
Here’s the description of the short:
“The Death of David Cronenberg” is a short 1-minute film written by and starring filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor David Cronenberg. “The Death of David Cronenberg” features the subject standing in a small, softly lit room. He wears a robe and looks deeply into the camera before his gaze shifts to a motionless figure in a bed. The film, a collaboration with Cronenberg’s daughter Caitlin, who shot and produced the film, explores mortality, surrealism, and the metamorphosis of life and death.