Sri Lanka

Gabrielle 2022-03-14 14:12:22

Cronenberg's work this time is a bit strange... The shadow of modernity in "The Fly" and "Nude Lunch" seems to have been refined, no longer at the level of metaphor and symbol, but with a more microscopic and original expression. This can be seen in The History of Violence. "The Promise of the East" goes further on this road.

The strong contrast is constantly highlighted: the beautiful life in Paris and London in the girl's diary, and the real life of these Eastern Europeans in the local area - whether it is the boss or the slave, it is black. Cronenberg is still laughing at modernity, but this time at the real and concrete level of immigration.

It's still pretty.

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Eastern Promises quotes

  • Anna: My uncle has gone missing, since I told you about him translating the diary.

    Nikolai Luzhin: Your uncle is fine, he is in Edinburgh, in a 5-Star Hotel. I was ordered to send him to Heaven with a bullet in his brain... instead I gave him a first class ticket to Scotland. He is old-school, he understands things... exile or death.

  • Kirill: [about Nikolai] He is no driver, he is the undertaker.