No Substance #214: Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo and David Cronenberg

A few weeks ago I found myself watching David Cronenberg’s 2012 adaptation of Cosmopolis and not enjoying it a whole lot.

It was, I thought, much too faithful to the book. I’d read Don DeLillo’s Cosmopolis a month or so before and enjoyed it. It’s not his best book (I like Libra most) but it’s short and sharp and fascinating. The film, in comparison, is …