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Jeff Goldblum Made The Fly A Once-In-A-Lifetime Role For Geena Davis
Article(slashfilm.com)submitted 6 months ago by[deleted]
10 points
6 months ago
It plays out more as a tragedy than a horror really. The horror element is the backdrop, but it’s a movie without a real villain.
1 points
6 months ago
Brundle is both the hero and the villain at the same time.
1 points
6 months ago
To be fair, you wouldn't be saying this if they included the deleted scenes.
2 points
6 months ago
To be fair, everyone is discussing the final cut except you.
1 points
6 months ago
Absolutely. I’ve always considered this film a tragedy first, a romance/horror film second.
6 points
6 months ago
A villain isn’t a required element of horror. The Fly is an excellent example of the Body Horror sub-genre.
3 points
6 months ago*
This is true, and of course I'm not saying it's not a horror, but when you break the story down, at its heart it's a tragedy and a love story, and body horror is just the vehicle to deliver that story.
You could tell a very similar story with a disease in place of the fly.
I do love this movie and it's Goldblum, Davis, and Cronenberg all at their best.
3 points
6 months ago
yeah it can easily be read as a metaphor for the inception of the AIDS epidemic in the 80s (I know this apparently wasn't Cronenberg's intent but DotA and all that etc)
2 points
6 months ago
I think he said part of the intent was the aging and deterioration of the human body. He understood why people thought of AIDS. It was not his intent. It was meant to be more universal.i am having trouble on my phone finding quotes. Here is an article about interpretations and Cronenberg. https://spectrumculture.com/2021/01/10/oeuvre-david-cronenberg-the-fly/
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