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CANADA · 2014

Maps To the Stars

David Cronenberg
New Hollywood family dysfunction obsession with fame psychological trauma arson and violence Hollywood excess
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Driven by an intense need for fame and validation, members of a dysfunctional Hollywood family chase celebrity, one another, and the relentless ghosts of their pasts. Their fragile ecosystem is disrupted by the arrival of Agatha, the scarred and estranged pyromaniac daughter.

Year2014
CountryCanada
DirectorDavid Cronenberg
MovementNew Hollywood
Cinematic Threads
I was also thinking of Polanski’s *Repulsion* (65) and how Catherine Deneuve is haunted by the apartment. Those things are not direct influences, but they’re in the air.
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