it is 31 years since david cronenberg first had a film out.sn't showing his ajax -- is it showing his age? >> it shows his age in that evil -- in the way that people are dressed and the tvs are boxy. we will be completely absorbed by the technology around us. quite literally. it's about a guy played by james would, who is -- james woods who is played by -- who is a bizarre k bill guy who gets bizarre transmissions on his television. >> a television screen is the retina of the mind. therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emergence as your own experience for those who are watching. therefore, television is reality. and reality is less than television. max, you'll have to learn to live in a very strange new world. >> television is reality, you heard it here. that might seem creepy but technology is way more creepy now. it has taken over everything. >> i think it is fair to say that for most people, their phone is now an extension practically of their fl