Set in a desolated 1997, the film depicts a world where a plague known as has wiped out all sexually mature women. Caused by modern cosmetics, the disease leaves behind a society of men struggling to navigate a womanless existence .
Decades before Viggo Mortensen declared that "surgery is the new sex," a young David Cronenberg was already dissecting the human form in his 1970 experimental feature, . While it shares a title with his 2022 film, the two are not remakes; rather, the 1970 version is a surreal, 63-minute arthouse trip that laid the foundational "biological horror" for which he became famous. The World Without Women Crimes of the Future(1970)
Unlike his later visceral spectacles, the 1970 Crimes is austere and detached . Shot silently with a monotonous retroactive narration , the film feels more like a clinical report or an anthropological study than a traditional narrative. The setting—cold, concrete modernist buildings—underscores the emotional sterility of this future. Why It Matters Crimes of the Future (1970) | Alex on Film Set in a desolated 1997, the film depicts
: Some men begin growing new, functionless organs—a recurring Cronenberg theme. While it shares a title with his 2022