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Diane Kruger replaced Léa Seydoux in her role

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Karsh, an innovative businessman and grieving widower, creates a device to connect with the dead in the burial shroud. IMDb editor Arno Kazarian offers sneak peeks at 12 films he’s screening at the 2024 New York Film Festival, including Anora and the dangerous, strangely erotic Misericordia.

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David Cronenberg’s latest cinematic offering, "The Shroud" it got me thinking about the burning question: Did Elon Musk bankroll this as a two-hour commercial for Tesla, or was it just a happy accident? 🤑In what seems like a hackneyed plot, Karsh, an innovative businessman (read: Tesla enthusiast), builds a device to connect with the dead in burial shrouds.

The film runs through themes of sadness, technology and of course the obligatory dystopian future with bad Russians/Chinese

If this sounds familiar, it’s because Cronenberg has done it all before (voyeurism, obsession with death) – only much better, with fewer devices and more content. All the while, you’re left wondering why any of this needs to exist in 2024, other than as a reminder that we take data security seriously.

Check out the full lineup for the 62nd New York Film Festival this fall

After all, Covers might just remind us how great Cronenberg’s earlier work was — or maybe just how much we need Tesla..