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The Fly tickets are now available to be purchased or sold online at Stubhub.com. Where does high art and low art meet? You’d best pose that question to David Cronenberg, the famed cult film director whose visions of insect and flesh-inspired horror have influenced movies for decades now. But while he’s made his name in the world of cinema, he’s branching out into an entirely new field. An opera adaptation of Cronenberg’s best known movie, The Fly, will premiere in September 2008 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Cronenberg directed the opera, and the music was composed by Howard Shore, who was also responsible for the film’s score (as well as many others he’s collaborated on with Cronenberg). There’s a good chance the opera crowd might not be familiar with the gory special effects Cronenberg’s fan base appreciates. For them, this series of articles will be helpful. Each article briefly examines one of the films from the director’s extensive canon. Cronenberg’s career has at this point in time become defined largely by adaptations of other stories—mostly works of literature. Naked Lunch, Crash, and Spider were all excellent films, and all based on literary works that he added his own unique spin to. The same was true for The Fly, though that was an adaptation of a film. It’s not a surprise that he would turn to comics for inspiration. A History of Violence was based on a graphic novel of the same name, but Cronenberg fleshes it out and brings more pathos to the story in his 2005 film. The central character is an all-American everyman who’s perfectly content in life—until two criminals passing through his small town rob his diner. When one threatens someone’s life, he ends up killing them both before he’s even aware of what he’s doing. The town hails him as a hero; he’s unnerved by his ability to unconsciously kill. As the story progresses, we learn there’s much, much more to this man than what lies on the surface. Many films that try to deal with the subject of violence do so within the framework of a revenge picture, condemning violence but slyly winking on the side, telling the audience it’s alright to revel in it. The wink isn’t so sly in this movie, but the fact that it lingers on the disturbing emotional effects of violence make it more than just an action film. Written by Andrew Good and sponsored by StubHub.com. StubHub sells sports tickets, concert tickets, theater tickets and more to just about any event in the world. Don't miss this Cronenberg classic with The Fly tickets.
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