His softly spoken presence and Stallone Sad Eyes ™ mean that
this ostensibly bleak film doesn't make you want to slit your wrists once the credits roll, even though it really should.
David Cronenberg is best known for psychological horror
films such as Videodrome and Dead Ringers, and although Maps to the Stars is
ostensibly a
bleak satire on movie folk, there's an underlying gothic mood that simmers nicely to the boil.