Crimes of the Future details the wanderings of Tripod (Mlodzik), sometime director of a dermatological clinic called the House of Skin, who is searching for his mentor, the mad dermatologist Antoine Rouge. Rouge has disappeared following a catastrophic plague resulting from cosmetic products, which has killed the entire population of sexually mature women.
Tripod joins a succession of organisations including Metaphysical Import-Export and the Oceanic Podiatry Group, and meets various individuals and groups of men who are trying to adjust themselves to a defeminized world. One man parodies childbirth by continually growing new organs which are removed from his body. Eventually Tripod comes upon a group of paedophiles which is holding a 5 year-old girl, and they urge him to mate with her. He senses the presence of Antoine Rouge.
Crimes of the Future is a 1970 Canadian science fiction film written, shot, edited, and directed by David Cronenberg. Like Cronenberg’s previous feature, Stereo, Crimes was shot silent with a commentary added afterwards. The commentary is spoken by the character Adrian Tripod (Ronald Mlodzik). The film is set in 1997.
Crimes of the Future (1970)
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Starring: Ronald Mlodzik, Jon Lidolt, Tania Zolty, Jack Messinger, Paul Mulholland, William Haslam, William Poolman, Raymond Woodley, Stefan Czernecki, Jack Messinger, Tania Zolty, Udo Kasemets
Screenplay by: David Cronenberg
Cinematography by: David Cronenberg
Film Editing by: David Cronenberg
MPAA Rating: None,
Distributed by: New Cinema Enterprises
Release Date: June 10, 1970 (Australia), August 10, 1984 (United States)
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