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Spider *** *** 1 / 2

Gender: drama / thriller
director: David Cronenberg
year: 2002
duration: 98 '
original title: Spider
cast: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave
the joke: The clothes make the man, and unless there is man, the greater the need for clothing.
curiosity presented at Cannes in 2002.



novel by Patrick McGrath, Spider is the story of a man with schizophrenia whose childhood was a day marred by a terrible event.

Spider, whose real name is Dennis Cleg, is received in the opening bars of the film in a nursing home. In this area, where he grew up among other things, Spider relive his childhood through his adult eyes, and with the help of his trusty laptop, will try to reconstruct the events of his childhood that led him to end up with a madhouse.

In this Cronenberg plunges into the world of psychology (Oedipus complex) and the resulting knowledge and perfect descriptor.
Register talking Cronenberg is excellent in most of his work including recent ("A History of Violence," "Eastern Promises").
Every shot is meticulously designed and is a small work of art. Many times one has the impression of being in front of a picture thanks to the intelligent use of light, of which the director is an expert connoisseur. More than
director Cronenberg is one of those cases where we can talk really artist. whole film is developed using the technique of flashback sull'intreccio plans and time, past and present.
The dialogues are not so plentiful but are short and incisive. Just think of the protagonist, who during the 'entire film is confined to continuous mutterings, which, after all, involve and make even the best' atmosphere feature Spider.

The cast is suitable for a film. Ralph Fiennes is immense as Spider, Miranda Richardson in the double role of mother / whore is just as good. Praise equal to Ralph Fiennes deserves Gabriel Bryne (already seen in "The Iron Mask," "The Usual Suspects") in one of the tests recitative that intensity and emotion, a career nobillitano ( that do not need it).

Spider is a movie to watch everything at once, and that probably end up loving or hating.

One thing is certain: if you are among those who consider this film a masterpiece of American Pie will surely annoy .