When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy.

In the first half of his career he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. He has been called "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world. David Paul Cronenberg OC FRSC (born March 15 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker screenwriter and actor.