Review of Crimes of the Future

Well, my favorite Cronenberg anyway. The dialogue is incredibly detailed, with a seemingly pseudo-scientific bent which in fact, actually makes some sense if you pay attention! Many obscure facets of telepathy research are examined in a very Burroughs/Ballard style of writing, coupled with an intense strangeness to the multiple voice-over narration. This is of course, all helped out by the setting in a nightmare near-future after a major cosmetics related catastrophe has wiped out most of the female population. The men in the film have, by a natural balancing process, become more feminine; more androgynous. However, there is a secret lurking in this research institute- a fresh, organic, young, female secret... a secret worth dying for, maybe. Truly fantastic experimental cinema that outre' film fans everywhere should at least check out! Note: one of the subtly eerie things about this film is the lack of sound other than the voice-over. A recording by the San Francisco-based avant-garde soundtrack group SPOONBENDER 1.1.1 called 'Stereo Telepathy Academy' was released this year. It seems that the group took advantage of the fact that there is no sound in Crimes Of The Future, and wrote a score for the film. They performed it live while the film was projected. I have it and have been lining it up to my DVD of Crimes at home! Awesome!