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First Clip from Cronenberg’s COSMOPOLIS

“you need to be enflamed, don’t you?”

well what have we here? this clip may run a scant 73 seconds, but i’d wager that it provides a pretty accurate sense of the film’s tone and rhythms. the trailers were dazzling, but this is the first time that i’ve really understood how Robert Pattinson is going to function as a Cronenberg hero, and — if this scene is any indication — he’s going to function just fine. the pointedly dull diner, the dutch angles, the brooding ambient soundscape, the femme fatale… it’s like a noir riff on Strange Days, and i like the way that sounds.

Cosmopolis will premiere at Cannes later this month.

p.s. i assume the irony in this is not unintentional, but is it just me or does RPatz totally *not* need a haircut?

(via Collider)

(Source: film-dot-com)