![]() Of course, it is precisely these elements that make The Fly superior to the exploitative ‘T&A’ of a movie like Species and Splice an intriguing and relatively daring film. Each of these have suggested that a creature with mixed human/non-human DNA will have a skewed sexuality, but as Splice adds elements of bestiality, incest and paedophilia to this, it is easy to see why any financier who initially read the script might have got cold feet. Variants of the story have turned up in a number of films over the last quarter-century such as The Fly (1986), Species (1995) and Alien Resurrection (1997). The story is familiar enough: ambitious scientists Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) decide to disregard their company’s instructions not to go rushing ahead with a gene-splicing project that has already yielded satisfactory results and end up creating a dangerous human-animal hybrid. However, while the film has proved to be a reasonable box office and critical success in the US, Natali revealed in his video introduction at Sci-Fi London that getting funding for the movie was arduous until executive producer Guillermo del Toro came on board. Compared to Nothing, or even Cube, you’d think Splice would be an easy sell to the financiers. ![]() His new film Splice is an update of the Frankenstein story through the lens of modern fears of genetic modification. Nothing is a two-hander set in a house surrounded by an encroaching white void. Cypher is a Philip K Dick-style spy thriller about shifting identities and corporate espionage. Cube features six characters with partial amnesia enclosed in a futuristic death trap. While Vincenzo Natali’s four feature films have a few things in common - a single word title, small casts featuring David Hewlett and being situated in the environs of the fantasy/science fiction genre - they couldn’t be more different in terms of (high concept) plot. Writers: Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant, Doug TaylorĬast: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, David Hewlett, Abigail Chu
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