Re: stilted acting, I think Cassel was just mimicking David Cronenberg himself (haircut, way of speaking, probably strange half-smile under all the weird shit he's saying), otherwise the other actors seem all in and do the same dramatic performances you'd expect from a movie but surrounded by Cronenberg's unnaturalistic techno mumbo jumbo dialog. One of the reasons I adore Cronenberg's work is the characters always engage with the weirdest shit with a sort of, "Well, this is very interesting, how do I deal with it?" that leaves a lot of normies cold.
Seeing this tuesday night after the Zombies documentary
Re: stilted acting, I think Cassel was just mimicking David Cronenberg himself (haircut, way of speaking, probably strange half-smile under all the weird shit he's saying), otherwise the other actors seem all in and do the same dramatic performances you'd expect from a movie but surrounded by Cronenberg's unnaturalistic techno mumbo jumbo dialog. One of the reasons I adore Cronenberg's work is the characters always engage with the weirdest shit with a sort of, "Well, this is very interesting, how do I deal with it?" that leaves a lot of normies cold.