In today's episode, Bill and Renan return to the work of David Cronenberg—a director twice before discussed on this podcast—to consider the 1986 film many believe to be his masterpiece: THE FLY, starring Jeff Goldblum as a scientist who accidentally fuses his genes with a common housefly, and Geena Davis as the woman who loves him. So: is it actually Cronenberg's best film? Is this movie about aging, disease, and AIDS specifically? Or is it a cautionary tale about science and the nuclear age? What does this movie want us to make of Stathis Borans? Do we think The Fly got Jeff Goldblum his famous role in Jurassic Park? All these questions will be answered, plus an incomplete discussion of Cronenberg's filmography, and whether it's already complete.

Episode links:

The Fly on IMDb
The Fly on Wikipedia
Matt Zoller Seitz review of The Fly
Collider review of The Fly
The Fly review at RogerEbert.com
Den of Geek calls it Cronenberg's masterpiece
GEEKS on The Fly as the greatest remake ever
FSR summary of director's commentary
Is Stathis Borans the hero of The Fly?
Evaluating the science of The Fly
Variety review of The Fly opera
Butterfly baby alternate ending
The big reveal from the 1958 version
CGP Grey on Star Trek teleporters
Chinese scientists teleport particles... kind of
The Atlantic on the "unethical female journalist" trope
ENTER THE VOID S1E2: MAPS TO THE STARS
ENTER THE VOID S2E4: VIDEODROME

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