David Cronenberg’s “Crimes of the Future” has a heady premise: As a disease called “Accelerated Evolution Syndrome” causes unusual organs to grow inside the body of Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen), his partner (Léa Seydoux) surgically removes them in front of a live audience.
Needless to say, the world-building is a bit complicated! Luckily, the director and some of his cast shed light on the dark secrets of “Crimes” during a preview night Q&a in Manhattan.Much like the audience, Cronenberg’s depiction of bodily autonomy wasn’t always clear to the lead actors.“I have to admit that I didn’t quite understand everything when I read the script at first,” Seydoux said at the Thursday night event.
“I jumped in the pool, and I think that’s what David wants.
He’s an observer of his own work.”She continued, “To me, it was also a metaphor
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