The Philosophy of David Cronenberg

Index

221 Index Adorno, Theodor, 184–86, 189 aesthetics, 3, 9, 13, 16, 21, 26–28, 135–37, 145, 152, 163, 203–6, 209 American Werewolf in London, An, 26–27 Aristotle, 24–25, 34 authenticity, 4, 102–3, 127–37, 208 Ayer, A. J., 81 Bacon, Francis, 176, 184, 189 Ballard, J. G., 1, 4, 36, 122, 159, 175, 177, 198, 201, 205–12 biology, 11, 12, 15–19, 37–42, 45–46, 48–49, 60, 100 body horror, 1, 85, 92–93, 159, 180–85, 198, 208 Bonnie and Clyde, 32 brain-in-a-vat hypothesis, 44, 70–74, 76n2, 145 Brood, The, 119, 120–21, 183 Burroughs, William S., 36, 175, 177, 197–98, 201–12 Carrie, 33 Cartesian dualism, 2 causation, 79–81 Cavell, Stanley, 128–29 Chomsky, Noam, 43 cognitive science, 74 Crash, 1, 24, 48, 76n7, 120, 122–23, 181, 198, 201, 205, 208–12 Crimes of the Future, 158–61, 180, 183 Cronenberg, David: commercial success, 1; on determinism, 118; on film directing, 127; on the human body, 1, 3, 32; on the human condition, 2–3; interest in biochemistry, 36; on literary adaptation, 207; literary influences, 36, 175, 197, 201; on psychology, 1; on science, 49; on tragedy, 118; on violence in his films, 28–32; worldview, 4, 113, 123. See also titles of specific films Dangerous Method, A, 138n10, 172 Dark City, 110n6 Darwin, Charles, 37, 39, 40, 42 Davidson, Donald, 98, 105, 108 Dawkins, Richard, 46, 104 Dead Ringers, 24, 44, 92, 93, 99, 113–19, 121, 155, 176–80, 182, 185, 191–94 Dead Zone, The, 24, 78, 80, 84, 86, 93, 119, 201 Death Proof, 213n14 deception, 30, 73, 92–99, 107, 109 Deleuze, Gilles, 156, 170 Dennett, Daniel, 104–5 Derrida, Jacques, 201 222 Index Descartes, René, 2, 69, 71, 94, 144, 202 determinism, 113, 118–23, 127 disgust, 10, 12–16, 19–22, 24, 26, 45, 209 Eastern Promises, 1, 25–30, 32–34, 45, 93, 108, 113, 120, 123, 125, 128–29, 133–37, 181 Enlightenment, 100, 176, 179, 181, 184, 186, 189 epistemology, 19, 70, 185 essentialism, 39–46 evolution, 37, 39, 42, 46, 49–50, 104, 108, 178 existentialism, 139n15 eXistenZ, 24, 37, 42–45, 47–48, 69–75, 83, 94, 96, 99, 109, 110n6, 143–44, 146, 149–53, 159 extended cognition, 70, 74–75 extrasensory perception, 77–87, 93 feminism, 193 fictionalism, 145 Fly, The (1956), 12 Fly, The (1986), 1, 12–22, 37, 41–42, 53–65, 76n7, 93, 121, 125–26, 149, 151, 176–80, 182, 185, 188–94 Foucault, Michel, 100 Frankfurt School, 176, 184 Freud, Sigmund, 98, 109, 115–16, 119–20, 122, 156, 158–64, 166–67, 169–72, 177, 183, 209–10 Fromm, Erich, 184 gangster (genre), 125, 128 genetics, 12, 15, 21, 37, 40–41, 45–46, 50, 119, 126, 178, 185, 189–91 Gettier problem, 88–89 Ginsberg, Allen, 202 Guattari, Felix, 156, 170 Halloween, 181 Heidegger, Martin, 139n15 High Noon, 92 History of Violence, A, 1, 25, 28–32, 34, 44, 91–93, 96–97, 99, 101–9, 120, 123, 125, 128–34, 137, 164–65, 167–68, 181 Horkheimer, Max, 184–86, 189 horror (genre), 1, 18–19, 21, 26, 33, 38, 48, 113, 118–19, 122, 125, 175–76, 180–86, 191–92, 198, 200–201, 204–5 human condition, 2–3, 49–50, 177, 192 Hume, David, 69, 83 identity, 24–34, 55–58, 64, 91–93, 96, 105–9, 125–37, 151, 156–59, 167–72, 177–81, 185–88, 191 It’s a Wonderful Life, 102 James, William, 79, 83, 89n1 Jung, Carl, 172 Kafka, Franz, 16 Kerouac, Jack, 204, 208 Kripke, Saul, 40, 148 Kuhn, Thomas S., 100 Lacan, Jacques, 155–61, 163–71 Laing, R. D., 104 language, 27, 165, 204 language and linguistics, philosophy of, 40, 43, 47, 64, 143, 145–47, 158, 161, 163, 166–68, 171 Last Tango in Paris, 122 Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, 130 Lewis, David, 148–52, 154n8 Locke, John, 63 Lord of the Rings, 129 love, 17, 19–20, 25–27, 37, 60–61, 96–97, 102–3, 106–7, 116–17, 123, 157, 162, 193, 211 madness or mental disorder, 44–45, 49, 72–74, 85, 92–96, 99–101, 104, 106, Index 223 109n3, 111n31, 115–18, 121, 131, 138n11, 178, 186 mad scientists, 25, 49, 55, 59, 93, 120, 176–77, 180...