Spider
by David Cronenberg
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Actor: Gabriel Byrne, John Neville, Lynn Redgrave, Miranda Richardson, Ralph FiennesDirector: David Cronenberg
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-07-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Spider
Movie Review: One of my favorite movies ever
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a massive Ralph Fiennes fan. Let's just get that out of the way right now. I have no doubt that this man could act out the phone book and make it interesting. With that said, this is my favorite RF movie, and subsequently, one of my favorite movies of all time.
It's difficult to describe the plot because, as others have said, it's complex and filled with twists that I really don't want to give away. So my only real option is to focus on the direction and acting, both of which are brilliant. This is a more restrained version of a Cronenberg movie, but no less interesting. He uses a massive amount of symbolism that makes you feel like you're inside a work of art, as opposed to just watching it.
The two best performances are from Miranda Richardson and Ralph Fiennes. Richardson plays three different characters (more of that symbolism) and by the end, manages to blend all three together into a sum where you can actually pick out what aspects belong to each character. It's a really incredible sight. Fiennes, on the other hand, goes in the opposite direction. He gets so into his character, it becomes totally and eerily believable. He barely says a single comprehensible word so the entire film relies on his body language. I think it's incredible that he carries the movie so well.
Some have said this film moves at a slow pace, but that wasn't the case for me. I was really interested in what was happening and what was going to happen, although I can understand that some might find it tough to sit through. This is a movie that will make you think, and I would definitely suggest it to anyone who's interested.
Summary of Spider
Spider (Ralph Fiennes) is in a constant struggle to overcome a traumatic event early in his life. He has been allowed a second chance at life after a long stay in a mental institution and returns to the streets where he grew up; sent to a halfway house under the stern but unsupervised watch of Mrs. Wilkenson (Lynn Redgrave). The sights sounds and smells of revisiting the familiar streets of his old neighborhood send Spider further down a shadowy path that reawakens memories of his where his mother (Miranda Richardson) and his father (Gabriel Byrne) raised him. He soon begins to uncover the real truth shifting seamlessly back and forth between the tragic events that polarized a boy's adolescence to the shell of a man enduring the surreal plausible reality of today.DVD FeaturesFilmmaker's CommentaryIn the Beginning: How Spider Came to Be FeaturetteCaught in SPIDER's Web: The Cast FeaturetteFilmographiesWeblink to official websiteBonus TrailersSystem Requirements:Running Time 99 MinsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?MYSTERY/SUSPENSE Rating:?R UPC:?043396003736 Manufacturer No:?00373Internal madness is hypnotically externalized in David Cronenberg's Spider, a disturbing portrait of schizophrenia. Adapted by Patrick McGrath from his celebrated novel, this no-frills production begins when "Spider" Cleg (Ralph Fiennes, in a daring, nearly nonverbal role) returns to his childhood neighborhood in London's dreary East End, where a traumatic event from his past percolates to the surface of his still-erratic consciousness. Released from a mental institution and left to fend for himself, he pursues elusive memories while staying in a halfway house run by a stern matron (Lynn Redgrave), unable to distinguish between past, present, and psychological fabrication. The distorting influence of Spider's mind is directly reflected in Cronenberg's cunning visual strategy, presenting a shifting "reality" that's deliberately untrustworthy, until the veracity of nearly every scene is called into question. With an impressive dual-role performance by Miranda Richardson, Spider falls prey to its own lugubrious rhythms, but like the acclaimed 1995 indie film Clean, Shaven, it's a compelling glimpse of mental illness, seen from the inside out. --Jeff Shannon
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