The Fly: Cronenberg's Abject World Of Mutation
David Cronenberg's take on the 1958 classic The Fly is remarkable. In the original we simply have a science gone awry parable, whereas the remake offers us a god complex and a philosophy on decomposition as only Cronenberg can. Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) is a reclusive scientist who has been working on the theory and practice of teleportation for six years and the moment his dreams come true, a nightmare is created. Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) is a reporter that chats up Brundle at a science convention. She finds him charming and decides to go home with him. Once they arrive at Brundle's loft/lab/home their fates are sealed. To impress her, he teleports her stocking across the room. This is the beginning of the end for Brundle. He pushes his experiments further and faster to continue to impress Veronica. When he is finally able to teleport a Baboon without it turning inside out Brundle understands it is only a matter of time before his ...