"You are all here because you do not know how to dig into the flinty soil of China and discover its revolutionary future."

we have induced this dysmorphia with our aggressive privilege, our delusion, and our occasional delight in taking what we want when it suits us, only to be seduced, consumed and finally abandoned by the power and potential of this transformation.

"He was very responsive to my ancient Oriental ways of love, all of which I invented just for him."

why aren’t we talking abt this movie all the time

Only a Pisces could have made this - love as a political weapon lmao

The final minutes hold the key to all of Cronenberg's cinema.

"It's not the story, it's the music."

Recently got to see Cronenberg's The Fly again, and was struck by how romantic and beautiful it is, despite the monster movie trappings. Here he does something even more sumptuous and mysterious, and I got almost as swept up in it as I did with The Fly - which makes sense because in broad strokes the two aren't really so different after all. They're both about arrogant men who get transformed into something terrifying, and also like The Fly, The Butterfly is only terrifying depending on your perspective.

Not your usual Cronenberg movie. Jeremy Irons and John Lone fall in love in 1960's China, except Irons thinks Lone is a woman. It's a true story as well. A bit slow but it's well made and you can't help but keep watching to see where it goes.

Bajo el microscopio cronenbergesco, una muestra de cómo el deseo desenfrenado puede ser el catalizador de una mutación. Visto en el macro, una muestra del colonialismo como manifestación de una mutación.

Jeremy Irons en los últimos 30 minutos se deteriora como brundlefly en cámara rápida. Es una de las cosas más tristes que he visto en mi vida.

Este era uno de los huecos que me faltaba llenar en la filmografía Cronenberg. No tenía idea que fuera un hueco tan grande.

"مادام باترفلای" در نگاه اول شاید با هیچ یک از فیلمهای "کراننبرگ" شباهتی نداشته باشد چراکه برخلاف بیشتر آثارش در این فیلم خبری از عناصر سورئال 'وحشت جسمانی' همیشگی نیست اما با نگاهی عمیق تر این موضوع روشن می گردد که "کراننبرگ" باز هم بر روی روابط انسان ها و پیوستگی روان شناختی و جسمانی آن ها دست گذاشته است. داستان "مادام باترفلای" که از اپرای همنام اثر "جاکومو پوچینی" و نمایش نامه "دیوید هنری هوانگ" اقتباس شده است، در دهه 60 و در چین اتفاق می افتد و به مسائلی نظیر امپرياليسم، تبعیض نژادی، تفاوت های فرهنگی و نقش های جنسیتی مرد و زن تلنگر می زند. ایراداتی نظیر پیشروی بسیار سریع رابطه کاراکتر "جرمی آیرونز" و "باترفلای" وارد است اما درعوض "مادام باترفلای" پایان بندی بسیار خوبی دارد.

In China in the mid-1960s, at the height of the cultural revolution, a French diplomat engages in a tortuous relationship with a mysterious Beijing opera singer. In M. Butterfly, Cronenberg explores themes such as Orientalism, imperialism and the cultural differences between East and West through a tragic story of love, desire and illusions. A rather ambiguous and provocative film about an intense and transgressive love in difficult times and two worlds that have met and diverged time and again throughout history.

Wacky & weird if I do say so myself

Cronenbergothon pt. 13

why aren’t we talking abt this movie all the time

The “Miramaxing” of Cronenberg. A well-made exercise that does absolutely not much for me in the Compelling Department. There is just nothing here that touches me. It’s all too cold, too sterile, too telegraphed. There is nothing about Irons’ performance that makes me believe he was that delusional or love struck. John Lone is much more convincing as a spy than as a woman. All told in episodes that do little to create any momentum or true feeling of love, much less lust. Once again, material that works well on that stage, but is just too broad to contain effectively within the camera frame. A slick miss.

seria bom se o filme todo tratasse gênero e raça com a mesma sensibilidade da performance final do filme que foi muito linda

o amor como linha de fuga, desterritorialização. cronenberg definitivamente não é um diretor para "maratonar", estava até hoje me recuperando do "gêmeos", agora vou meses digerindo esse filme.

사랑의 본질에 대한 근원적 회의와 저항. 나의 나비를 향한 영원한 저주.

I am a man, who loved a woman created by a man

Havia visto este logo que foi lançado (à epoca em VHS ainda) e não me recordava praticamente de nada.
É um filme que ousa apresentar uma história (baseada em fatos) que pode sair para muitos como totalmente inverossímil mas que, percebo eu, bastante do que aparenta na superfície é algo bem mais profundo.
Contando com um desenho de produção notável e que ganha muito numa cópia restaurada, a adaptação do romance M. Butterfly de David Henry Hwang tem como pano de fundo a ópera Madame Butterfly.
O romance entre o diplomata francês e a artista chinesa nos leva para um momento em meio à Guerra do Vietnã e num jogo que pode parecer desconhecido para os players. Mas... no fundo não o é.
Com um encerramento belíssimo e bastante simbólico, o longa se encaixa muito bem na filmografia do Mestre Cronenberg.

"E se os papeis de Madame Butterfly fossem trocados?"

A premissa é boa, mas a execução é mais ou menos. A peça deve ser bem melhor.