A History of Violence (2005)

07 Jun 2023

Rating: 3/5

Rewatching for a podcast 

The guy who fucks his wife also shoots some bad fellas. The TV calls him a hero. Ed Harris and his friends recognize him, and the guy who fucks becomes the guy who doesn’t fuck around

I guess Cronenberg wanted to make his Blue Velvet — dark heart of suburban America, coffee and pie, the stories we tell ourselves to get through

Didn’t love it, but I see why people like it


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