sometimes love means giving ur man a fag while he’s gazing off into the middle distance in his pants. the thing in nikolai’s hand is meant to be those worry beads he has, made out of molten lighters.
so frustratingly i can’t find the original photographer of the pic i used as a reference for the poses but it’s this image. looks like a fashion or gay interest magazine, probably…
One of Cronenberg’s best films (and probably my favorite) is Eastern Promises. His partnership with Viggo Mortensen started with the excellent the End of Violence, which was around the time that Cronenberg had been venturing towards pensive, dark dramas - Crash and Spider both preceded these films. And their collaboration will continue shortly with Crimes of the Future, his first return to body horror in a long long time.