eXistenZ
First screened in May 1999 / Most recently screened in January 2017
Director: David Cronenberg. Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Don McKellar, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Eccleston, Callum Keith Rennie, Kris Lemche, Sarah Polley. Screenplay: David Cronenberg.

 Twitter Capsule: Fearsomely compressed. Unexpected comic edge Cronenberg had seldom deployed. Some gaps, lapses, but clicks plenty often.

VOR: ④  Every time I watch, my admiration for its dense ideas about role-playing, virtuality, paranoia, and millennial metaphysics goes up or down. Usually up.


Photo © 1999 Dimension Films/Alliance Atlantis
Communications/Serendipity Point Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B+

Awards:
Berlin Film Festival: Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement (Cronenberg)
Genie Awards (Canadian Oscars): Best Film Editing (Ronald Sanders)
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