Test 2 Flashcards
Cronenberg release dates
Why was Cronenberg in demand?
Who made up Vision 4?
What is the background of the sensitives?
What are the details of Cronenberg’s divorce?
What did Cronenberg’s wife join?
What is the inspiration behind the Brood?
Pitch of the brood to Solnicki
Who were the main cast of the Brood?
What is the scientific monster in the brood?
How does the brood relate to Kramer vs Kramer?
What si the brood’s premise?
What does Dr. Ragen teach?
What is the mother’s name in the brood?
How is Nola’s rage expresseD?
Who do the mutant children resemble?
Whose mother do the mutants attack?
How is Nola’s mother killed?
What does the autopsy reveal about the mutants?
How does Cronenberg’s direction become more complex in The Brood?
How does Cronenberg’s direction become more complex in The Brood for the stage?
How does Cronenberg’s direction become more complex in The Brood the therapy session?
How is Cronenberg’s better direction shown at the conclusion?
Why did Frank strangle Nola?
How is Candy’s rage expressed?
How did Corman distribute The Brood?
Why did Vision 4 dissolve?
What was Filmplan’s budget for The Brood?
What was the pre pro like for Scanners
What was the pressure like in the Tax Shelter era?
How did Cronenberg open the consec conference in Scanners?
When was Scanners released?
What was Filmplan’s Scanners release plan?
How was Scanners a breakthrough for Cronenberg?
How did Scanners help Cronenberg?
What did Pierre David say to Cronenberg?
What was Cronenberg’s last tax shelter pic?
What is Videodrome concerned with?
What is the videodrome signal?
What does Oblivion think the Videodrome mutation is?
What is Oblivion’s thesis?
What did Oblivion realize?
Whoa re Oblivions nefarious partners?
What is Videodrome’s narrative?
What did Cronenberg think about censorship?
Why do people support censorship?
Why are Cronenberg’s pics easy targets for censorship boards?
What did Cronenberg want to do with Videodrome?
What did Cronenberg think about for those of us who are “normal?”
Cronenberg on mistrust of humans.
When was Videodrome released?
What was the purpose of Video Drome for Pierre David?
How was Videodrome a weird success?
What happened at the Videodrome test screening?
What was Videodrome’s theatrical run like?
How did Videodrome do at the Genie’s?
What was Leonard Maltin’s review of Videodrome?
What was Eberts review of Videodrome?
What was Videodrome’s budget?
What are the details re: Cronenberg’s agent?
When was The Dead Zone released?
Which Stephen King adaptation was Cronenberg approached to direct?
How did they heaviness of Videodrome compare to The Dead Zone?
How did Cronenberg’s success with Videodrome affect his status?
Why did Cronenberg say yes to The Dead Zone?
What did Cronenberg fear from his fans in taking on The Dead Zone?
What were some other Stephen King film adaptations?
What was the most successful Stephen King adaptation?
What was the purpose of the Dead Zone for Cronenberg?
Who starred in the Dead Zone and who produced it?
When was The Dead Zone released?
What are the details concerning the main character in The Dead Zone?
What does Jonny soon realize about his power?
What happens to Jonny during a tutoring session?
What is the significance of a particular handshake?
How is God the scientist in the Dead Zone?
What did Cronenberg think of King’s original script?
Who was Croenebrgs new writer for the Dead zone and what were his contributions?
How did collaborating on the dead zone script effect CRON?
In what way did The Dead Zone differ from CRON’s previous films?
In what ways was The Dead Zone a tearjerker?
How was The Dead Zone viewed as an adaptation of King’s work?
What are some of the most highly regarded King adaptations?
How is the Shining viewed as a film?
How did CROn feel about the critic’s review of the dead zone?
What was a way that The Dead Zone was a significant career turning point for CRON?
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What was a way that The Dead Zone was a significant career turning point for CRON?
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What was a way that The Dead Zone was a significant career turning point for CRON?
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What did CRON turn to after The Dead Zone?
What did “we can sell it wholesale” turn into?
What were some other Hollywood pics CRON was offered?
What are the details regarding mainstream offerings to Cronenberg?
What was Mel Brooke’s offer to CRON?
When was The Fly produced?
Who produced and distributed The Fly?
What was the Fly based on?
How did the screenwriter get The FLy?
What did CROn think of the screenplay for the Fly?
What did CROn think of Pouge’s script?
What are the screenwriting credits for the fly?
Whom does the FLy concern itself with?
What are the details regarding Seth’s first teleportation?
What does Seth believe happened during his first teleportation?
In what ways does Seth start to metamorphosis?
In what ways is the fly about aging?
In what ways was the fly a step forward for CRON?
What was CRON’s first and only oscar for?
Whom was Dead Ringers originally about?
What fascinated CRON about the twins?
What are the details regarding the book CRON found about the twins?
What did CRON think about the Twins book he found?
Whom were the original producers for Dead Ringers?
Whom did CRON get to help with the script for Dead Ringers?
What did Tabet think of Snider’s first Dead Ringers’s draft?
How did CRON improve Snider’s Dead Ringers script?
Why did Tabet drop out of Dead Ringers?
How did ABC get involved with Dead Ringers?
Why did SNider have to drop out of Dead Ringers?
What were the ABC exec’s thoughts on Dead Ringers?
Why did ABC drop out of Dead Ringers?
What did the Thompkins report conclude?
What was Mike McCabe’s influence on the Tax Shelter?
CFDC and nationalist party info?
What did Canadian Feature films mimic?
What did the tax shelter attract?
How did production budgets increase in tax shelter?
What was the result for tax shelter investors?
How did Tax shelter help Canadian film crew?
What were some Canadian features?
What is the film Atlantic City?
What is the key detail regarding Canadian pic Porky’s?
What are some classic Canadian pics?
What resulted from the backlash to Tax Shelter Canadian Pics?
What was another outlet for Canadian content?
When did Telefilm originate?
What is the feature film fund?
What are the obstacles for Can distribution?
What as the legislation to protect Canadian film screens?
How did Quebec try to protect against American film monopoly?
How did Quebec compromise with American film?
What was Can Govs. failed legislation to protect Can films?
When was Dead Ringers releaed?
Who was Mark Boyman?
How did Boyman question Dead Ringers script?
What did Cron do with his two bad Dead Ringers scripts?
What did CRon opt to do with the Dead Ringers screenplay?
What happened with DeLaurentis after good Dead Ringers script?
What were the concerns regarding the sets already built for Dead Ringers?
What did Cron need to do with sets for Dead Ringers?
Why was CRON forced to become a producer?
Who was Joe Roth?
Who was Cron’s new cinematographer?
What does Dead Ringers concern itself with storywise?
What are the twins interested in from an early age?
What is the twins bond?
What happens with the introduction of a new woman?
How are the brothers split?
What is the mystery of twins?
What did CROn think about free will and twins?
What are CRON’s further thoughts on free will?
How are the twins like yin and yang?
What are CRON’s thoughts on the twins characters?
What did the critics think of Dead Ringers?
What genie nominations did Dead Ringers recieve?
