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My favorite elements of eXistenZ -- the last (for now?) and least of a particular kind of Cronenberg film, one in which the erotics of embodiment and the anxieties of identity and epistemology are observed through a prism of biomechanoid future-shock paranoia (as perfected in Scanners and Videodrome) -- are the NPCs, repeatedly trapped in script-loops, unable to move forward until given the "right" prompt. Demonic.

layla

27Mar12

Davvero Criptico o.o <3

Tigrane

3Feb12

It's probably my least favorite Cronenberg film, but still very worth watching. The similarities with "Inception" are also very funny.

Adam Eisentrout

6Nov11

Supremely underrated. A great take on videogame culture.

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meancreek

4Nov11

David Cronenberg is a director whose vision and ideas never fail to reach new heights with each project. An incredibly clever film that messes with your mind and leaves you thinking after the credits roll. Ignore this and you're missing out big time on a unique experience.

Gerald

18Oct11

It really didn't do it for me.

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lolo341

25Sep11

this one has absolutely grown on me over time. i flat out hated it the first time i saw it... but i kept thinking about it. several years later i watched it again and even later i watched a third time. i think what drove me away from it the first time is how disquieting it is. but as technology continues to leap frog in ways my generation only dreamed about, i get it now.

ghsdtgsdhgsdasghd

1Sep11

Realidades artificiais dentro de realidades artificiais. Chega-se a um ponto em que é impossível distinguir o verdadeiro do fictício. Tudo através de um videojogo. Mais tarde apareceria um conceito similar, no Matrix.

reptusspider

12Aug11

all i can say about this movie is wow.

Chase

4Aug11

mind fuck.

Oliver

28Jul11

Music by Robert Lantos?

Will C

12Jun11

A little TOO reminiscent of Cronenberg's earlier film Videodrome for the most part, but still an effective commentary on modern culture's fascination/obsession with player character games and how far people will go for a realistic experience.

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Charles Deckert

12Jul11

I feel Videodrome was about television and the videotape generation. eXistenZ is about video games and the then burgeoning gamer generation. He should do a film on the internet and its many reality-bending possibilities.

Brian Padian

12May11

awesome

nurrrit

8Apr11

Cronenberg siempre gana idea-wise.

Caden Cotard

28Mar11

Call it The Matrix Preloaded or Inception: The Beginning, just call it original. Cronenberg makes a movie just as brilliant and innovative as the above two, possibly more. And just when you think he's in over his head, he's a got a few more tricks up his sleeve.

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Sequelcast

5Jan11

If you have ever played a MMO like World of Warcraft, Everquest, or Ultima Online, you will get more about what this movie's take on an interactive alternate reality experience is.

Marshall Staxx

4Oct10

A massive (and unacknowledged) influence on Christopher Nolan's 'Inception'.

Fabio Cristi

5Sep10

I think I had seen it just once when I bought it on DVD ten years ago. Watched it again tonight in high definition. A visionary masterpiece, one of Cronenberg's best. If you work in videogames, it gets even more interesting.

Daniel S.

6Aug10

I really love this film that could be read on so many levels: if you try the sexual level for instance, EXISTENZ quickly becomes a fairly good porno movie. You may also consider it as a sociologic study about the AIDS years, the computer viruses being as dangerous as our little natural enemies. Now you may also wonder whether it is perfectly safe to entrust so much money to someone obsessed by the inner beauty of our entrails. Highly recommended, though.