You know, there's a saying in art that in order to be universal you must be specific. So I think every artist feels that he is dealing with specific things but that it also has significance universally.

In the first half of his career he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. He has been called "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world. David Paul Cronenberg OC FRSC (born March 15 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker screenwriter and actor.