Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widow, builds a device that allows him to communicate with the dead in a funeral shroud.
Referenced in the Film Junk Podcast: Episode 961: Violent in Nature + TIFF 2024 ( 2024)
David Cronenberg's latest film offering, "The Shrouds" I've been pondering a burning question: Did Elon Musk finance this as a 2-hour Tesla commercial, or was it just a lucky accident?
If this sounds familiar, it's because Cronenberg has done it all before (voyeurism, death obsession) - only much better, with fewer gadgets and more material
🤑In a plot that seems like it's a worn-out shroud itself, Karsh, an innovative businessman (read: Tesla enthusiast) builds a device that allows him to communicate with the dead in a funeral shroud.
The film drifts between themes of grief, technology and, of course, the obligatory dystopian future with evil Russians/Chinese
All the while, it wonders why any of this had to exist in 2024, except to remind us to take data security seriously.
In the end, The Shrouds might just remind us how much better Cronenberg's previous work was - or maybe just how much we need a Tesla
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