We had the opportunity to speak with director David Cronenberg recently for the DVD and Blu-ray release of his latest film, Cosmopolis. During the course of our conversation we touched on some of the controversy surrounding his comments on comic book movies and Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise/The Dark Knight Rises in particular. Take a look at that portion of our exchang below and read the full interview here.
IGN: You've referred to the moments between Paul Giamatti's character and Robert Pattinson's in Cosmopolis as being the essence of cinema, which you said is just someone talking into a camera, if they're given a good story and dialogue. That kind of raises the question: what is the purpose of cinema? People are talking about making the "arthouse" blockbuster these days, and many people have said that Christopher Nolan is a modern-day auteur in that, it appears that he has found a way to express his own vision within the framework of a massive franchise, or big budgeted movie. You've very notably said that you don't see it that way.
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