#Maps to the Stars

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David Cronenberg - Maps to the Stars (2014)

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Sarah Gadon

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made a cronenplaylist

Crash (1996) "Star Me Kitten", R.E.M.

Dead Ringers (1988) "Famous Blue Raincoat", Leonard Cohen

The Fly (1986) "Ugly Season", Perfume Genius

The Dead Zone (1983) "Everything Means Nothing To Me", Elliott Smith

Crimes of the Future (2022) "Vacillator", Ethel Cain

Maps to the Stars (2014) "Piece of Me", Britney Spears

The Brood (1979) "Jane Cum", Japanese Breakfast

A History of Violence (2005) "Walk Like a Man", Bruce Springsteen

[fourorfivemovements]

I really love doing things that are different and challenge me in different ways. And I think to remain interested and excited by acting it’s really great to have such diverse opportunities, and I feel really lucky that I’ve been able to do that so far

Happy Birthday, Mia Wasikowska!

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Maps to the Stars stands out as one of the more difficult entries in David Cronenberg's filmography. Unlike other Cronenberg movies, which can sometimes be criticized for being dull (Fast Company, the original Crimes of the Future, Stereo) or pretentious (Cosmopolis), Maps to the Stars has a unique flaw: it's downright obnoxious. While billed as a dark comedy, the humor fails to land, leaving viewers with an unpleasant cast of horrible people. Imagine an unfunny version of Boogie Nights, and you’ll get a sense of this film’s tone.

The lack of redeemable qualities in the characters isn’t necessarily a dealbreaker—I’m a fan of Bad Lieutenant and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, where unlikable characters are handled in a way that conveys insight into the human condition or dark humor. However, Maps to the Stars falls flat in this regard. The presentation of these characters lacks the depth or humor that might make their awfulness compelling or at least amusing, leaving them merely repellent.

Cronenberg's detached approach amplifies this problem. His signature distance from the material leaves the film feeling emotionally hollow, making it difficult to engage with any of the characters beyond feelings of annoyance and disgust. This clinical approach works great for making his horror films unsettling, but it's frustrating in a drama or comedy.

Without any discernible theme, message, or moral perspective, Maps to the Stars ends up feeling like a shallow critique of the toxicity of Hollywood culture—a point that, while I agree with it, feels obvious and unoriginal. For a director known for his unique explorations into human psychology, this film feels oddly commercial and uninspired, even featuring supernatural elements like what appear to be ghosts—an unusual choice for the self-described "hardcore atheist" that is David Cronenberg. While he’s occasionally worked on projects for the paycheck (M. Butterfly, Fast Company), this is the first time it genuinely feels that way.

Despite these issues, the performances are solid, elevating the material slightly. Yet without a more worthwhile script or vision to support them, the cast’s efforts go largely unrewarded. All in all, Maps to the Stars is an unfulfilling and unpleasant experience that feels like a misfire in Cronenberg’s otherwise thought-provoking career.

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Y o u Uh Charon and Styx doodle mayhaps-

you can have the doodle from last night because in-timeline this month is Styx's Italicized "OH"

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MAPS TO THE STARS (2014)

Directed by David Cronenberg

Screenplay by Bruce Wagner

Starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Evan Bird, John Cusack and Robert Pattinson

Hauntings and hallucinations run amok with secrets and lies in the dreamlike and grotesque world of Hollywood. In this savagely comedic psychological horror story, cruel people are flushed down the toilet of existence, spiralling towards their inescapable doom. That’s gravity for you. The black hole of a horrible truth.

Apparently Bruce Wagner drew the characterizations and dialogue from real conversations and people he’s encountered throughout his life in Hollywood and Beverly Hills.

There’s a great ensemble cast but Julianne Moore’s bold and animated performance is something to behold. 🤘🖤

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[sacredwhores]

David Cronenberg - Maps to the Stars (2014)

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Le drame Maps to the Stars à voir en streaming

Téléchargez l’application Android PlayVOD sur votre smartphone ou tablette et découvrez le drame Maps to the Stars en streaming ou en téléchargement. Julianne Moore et Mia Wasikowska figurent au casting.

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Maps to the Stars / 2014 — IMDb, TMDb

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They tried to skip class.

At least they left something memorable

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a colored version that im making its own post bc i like it. txt under cut

txt:

Stuck in a sun/moon cycle of infinite digestion,

the singing of the stomach on an endless loop

(i.e. swallowing itself like an autophagous animal).

Ouroboros rat snakes

with two-thirds of their bodies

in their bellies:

circling, circadian—

—what happens when a dog finally

catches his own tail?

Will he treat it like any other prey?

[cmaidaartworkblog]

Here's what I've been up to lately! Three years after I created the original version, here's a revamp of the first planet I mapped out for @jayrockin's "Runaway to the Stars" project, the homeworld of their Centaur aliens. This post covers Phase One: Geology.

Firstly, the Equirectangular elevation maps with and without the color gradient layer, and tectonic plate map. This color gradient marks sea level, of course, and while there are inland areas that are *also* below that elevation, I have yet to determine which of those basins have lakes and seas therein, and how their shorelines compare; *that* will be seen once I figure out the climate : ) As for the Plate map, most of the smaller, oblong plates without any rift boundaries represent island chains or continent fragments that accreted onto larger landmasses; discretely marking those was helpful for placing and shaping the mountain ranges.

Next, the Poles-Centered Perspective maps, made possible with Photopea's Polar Coordinates tool. The planet's Southern hemisphere, centered on the south pole, is seen at left, and its Northern hemisphere is seen at right. Like the previous set of three, this set includes the color elevation map, greyscale elevation map, and solid color tectonic plates.

Last of all, the basis for the planet's current appearance: it's tectonic history! These gifs, in six frames, cover about 200 million years of continental drift, starting with the breakup of two Supercontinents, and was primarily achieved in Blender. This isn't my first time trying to reconstruct a tectonic history, but it *is* my first time doing so this quickly and efficiently, thanks to the process I developed here using this planet's continents as a test case.

There will be more phases in this project completed and shared in the coming months, thanks for checking out this one! Also, I've already shared these maps on Reddit, where you should be able to see them in even higher resolution. Photopea and Blender, 2025