Brandon Cronenbergit’s the new horror movie Infinity pool it was extremely convoluted and completely messed up. It was a difficult movie for me to watch and you can read my review here if you like. The film got mixed reviews at Sundance with people calling it “kinky” and “violent,” but the film will find its audience and I have no doubt it will earn a cult following.
The version of the film that played at Sundance was an NC-17 version of the film, but that’s not the one that will hit theaters. There is a toned down R-rated cut of the film that will be presented to general audiences.
Cronenberg explained why they had to tone it down for the theatrical release by telling Collider, “NC-17 was an attempt to rebrand the X rating, but they didn’t quite successfully do it, and it came with all this stigma. You can’t actually market a film if it’s an NC-17 rating.
He went on to say, “So, particularly in the US, that means you can’t really have a theatrical release of any size. the full movie”.
When discussing the R-rated version, he assures that “it’s not much different” and those who prefer their genre films on the more extreme side need not “worry about versioning”. He added: ‘I think filmmaking is, on one level, a very pragmatic art form. There’s a lot that you have to deal with. There’s a whole industry, so do whatever you can so creative to satisfy yourself, but then you realize it’s just aspects of the industry that you have to deal with and that sort of thing comes with the terrain.”
So even if you won’t see the NC-17 version of the film initially, you will get that opportunity at some point because “there is a plan to release the full film.”
The film is the protagonist My Goth (Pearl) And Alexander Skarsgard (The Norman), and this is the synopsis:
While staying at a secluded island resort, James (Alexander Skarsgård) and Em (Cleopatra Coleman) are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But led by the alluring and mysterious Gabi (Mia Goth), they venture outside the resort and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism and unspeakable horror. A tragic incident confronts them with a zero tolerance policy for crime: you will either be executed or, if you’re wealthy enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.
NEON and Topic Studios will release the film in theaters on January 27, 2023.
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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