David Cronenberg Responds To Critics

The Toronto director first shot to fame with his successful 2005 film A History of Violence.

In an interview with ContactMusic, the filmmaker defends his choices and says that he has not fallen for the easy commercial films in Hollywood.  He said, "I just make movies that intrigue and interest me – if I was really going to go mainstream, I’d make Spider-Man 4. Then you have a built-in audience, a budget of something outrageous like $200 million (GBP400 million), you don’t get any creative freedom but you get paid a lot of money and you’re guaranteed a huge success. That’s mainstream."

Cronenberg also found fame by directing underground films such as The Fly, Dead Ringers and eXistenZ.

In the coming days, the director will be launching his film Eastern Promises, starring Naomi Watts and Viggo Mortensen.