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Diane Kruger replaced Léa Seydoux in her role
Synopsis
Karsh, an innovative entrepreneur and grieving widower, builds a device to connect with the dead inside a shroud.
Referenced in Film Junk Podcast: Episode 961: In a Violent Nature + TIFF 2024 (2024)
David Cronenberg’s latest cinematic offering, “The Shrouds,” left me pondering a burning question: Did Elon Musk fund this as a 2-hour Tesla commercial, or was it just a happy accident?
If this sounds familiar it’s because Cronenberg has done it all before (voyeurism, death obsession), only much better, with less gadgetry and more substance
🤑In a plot that feels like a well-worn Shroud itself, Karsh, an innovative entrepreneur (read: Tesla enthusiast), builds a device to connect with the dead inside shrouds.
The film veers between themes of grief, technology, and of course, an obligatory dystopian future with bad Russians and Chinese
All the while, you’re left wondering why any of this had to exist in 2024, except as a reminder that we need to take data security seriously.