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Limits of Embodiment and Metamorphoses of Identity: David Cronenberg’s The Fly

Художественная культура April 9, 2026 N. Gurov Oleg

David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986) is examined as a philosophical allegory that explores key dimensions of corporeality, identity, and the boundaries of the human. The article focuses on the bodily metamorphosis of the protagonist, Seth Brundle, as a result of a technological experiment that leads to his hybridization with an insect. The author considers how bodily transformation challenges the...