How could you not laugh during that scene when he lays out these bizarre instruments to his colleagues as they were about to operate on a patient? Their reaction was hilarious.
Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours
Laugh was one thing I did not do.
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Wait a minute... who am I here?
I found it hilarious.
shareHow could you not laugh
I understand that, that isn't funny no, but like the guy in the movie when Bev showed him the drawings of the mutant instruments he chuckled b/c of how crazy it sounded, that is what I meant. I don't think disfigurement is funny.
shareI understand what you meant. The whole situation was bizarre.
I didn't laugh the first time I saw the film because it was just so weird. I couldn't help laughing at that scene the second time I saw it though. Bev was so intense and the guy's reaction was pretty much what mine would have been.
Very strange movie, although all of Cronenberg's films are weird. Believe it or not, it was based on a true story, although heavily fictionalized.
Yes. I have a taste for weird. I liked his version of The Fly too.
I had read that this, Dead Ringers, was based on a true story some years ago. That was one of the reasons I wanted to see this.... that and Jeremy Irons. I just knew that Cronenburg would take a story and run wild. He certainly did!
I feel that this is one of his best. It stays with you for days after seeing it. I can only watch it maybe once a year.
It was kinda funny but my impulse to laugh was eclipsed by the dread I felt over him potentially mutilating some poor woman’s genitals, and the sadness of watching him lose his mind.