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Spider [2003]

DVD ~ Ralph Fiennes
3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson, Gabriel Byrne, Lynn Redgrave, John Neville
  • Directors: David Cronenberg
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 14 Jul 2003
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: English
    • Sub Titles: English
    • Hearing Impaired: English
    • Cast And Crew Interviews
    • Trailers
  • ASIN: B00009P9M4
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,382 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Internal madness is hypnotically externalized in David Cronenberg's Spider, a disturbing portrait of schizophrenia. Adapted by Patrick McGrath from his celebrated novel, this no-frills production begins when "Spider" Cleg (Ralph Fiennes, in a daring, nearly nonverbal role) returns to his childhood neighbourhood in London's dreary East End, where a traumatic event from his past percolates to the surface of his still-erratic consciousness.

Released from a mental institution and left to fend for himself, he pursues elusive memories while staying in a halfway house run by a stern matron (Lynn Redgrave), unable to distinguish between past, present, and psychological fabrication. The distorting influence of Spider's mind is directly reflected in Cronenberg's cunning visual strategy, presenting a shifting "reality" that's deliberately untrustworthy, until the veracity of nearly every scene is called into question. With an impressive dual-role performance by Miranda Richardson, Spider falls prey to its own lugubrious rhythms, but like the acclaimed 1995 indie film Clean, Shaven, it's a compelling glimpse of mental illness, seen from the inside out. --Jeff Shannon

Special Features
English
English
Region 2
Cast And Crew Interviews
Trailers
English