Jeff’s ready for Howard’s music to truly transport him…
20TH CENTURY STUDIOS, RCA, DECCA
When Mel Brooks voiced concerns that David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986) was “too much”, the veteran producer wasn’t fretting about Seth Brundle’s grisly mutations. Brooks was questioning a specific piece of music – wasn’t it a bit excessive for a shot of a guy walking down the street? Not at all, said Cronenberg. Jeff Goldblum’s Brundle was walking to “meet his destiny”, argued Cronenberg: “We knew it was operatic, but it was meant to be. And we weren’t holding back.”