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Spider [2003]

VHS ~ 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
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 14 Jul 2003
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00009P9M1
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,567 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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    #3 in  Video > World Cinema > Directors > Cronenberg, David
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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

Synopsis
Dennis lives in a house for the mentally ill in London. Nicknamed 'Spider' by his mother he was diagnosed as schizophrenic twenty years ago but has never really recovered...