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Language English Pages 312 Originally published 2008 Page count 312 Country United Kingdom | 3.8/5 Goodreads Media type Print (Hardback) ISBN 978-1-905674-66-4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Cinema of David Cronenberg: From Baron of Blood to Cultural Hero is a 2008 book by Ernest Mathijs about the films of director David Cronenberg. Mathijs had previous done his PhD thesis on the reception of Cronenberg's films, and this book was based on that research.
Reception
Martin Fradley of Film Quarterly wrote, "Mathijs is especially successful when he looks beyond the major career landmarks" and "admirably situates the films in wider context". However, Fradley says that Mathijs focuses too much on "excessively detailed plot summaries". Dejan Ognjanovic of Beyond Hollywood wrote that it is "a study whose main value lies in exploring the reception (and misconceptions) of Cronenberg’s films, but has very little to add to clarifying them and enabling a better understanding of their essence." Rob Latham of Science Fiction Film and Television wrote that the book "makes a decent stab" at a comprehensive study of Cronenberg.