Dead Ringers

cronenberg has done it again. beautiful. another freak film done right. i really have been noticing that my love for his films relied on the fact that there’s really nothing big happening around but still so enjoyable. irons delivered a great performance of opposites twins and i was confused on why he didn’t get much nominations for it. truly amazing how we can see the clear differences between them when they’re together on one frame yet they only had person to act. also there’s so many symbolism that’s interesting to discuss, like the red bodysuit. the message in itself is soooo good. i also think about how it’s sooo right to make the main characters be gynecologists, because we can see their growth and how female anatomy has been their interest from the beginning, and how this information is so central to the whole film. i would condemn this movie for scamming women but it’s also ???? that despite everything those men still respect consent i guess. i’m loving this genre where a woman does nothing and men are suddenly crazy by her, the phone call scene was so genius. i think this is probably the best twins portrayal i’ve seen in media, especially the ones who are close CLOSE and always at proximity. you can see how the twins’ relationship have been toxic dependency from the start because their ass really was never apart from each other!!! since the beginning!!! and it’s funny-great that cronenberg doesn’t make them incest sibling-fucking either!!!!! he just shows us how dependency can be so mind-fucking and affect you as an individual, especially when people invalidate you. to think most of the things wouldn’t happen if maybe they went separate directions in life. lol.  also the ending was somewhat unexpected to me. i really didn’t have anything in mind. but what i’m understanding is that despite their similarity and proximity, they are always opposites. it’s so good to see that being carried on til the end. we don’t see two people losing their minds, we see them taking turns at losing their minds. which is great because i don’t wanna see two junkies doing nothing.