THE BROOD

The making of David Cronenberg's THE BROOD

There is a fully-grown man rolling around 

on The Floor in a 1970s tracksuit.

Come in. Right in.

Sit down. I'll be right there.

Sit down. I'll be there in a second.

Goddamn son of a bitch.

Okay. That's my... Heart, 

over there on the floor.

Your heart?

My Second Heart.

Your First Heart makes 

your blood circulate, right?

But what about your 

lymphatic fluids?

I don't know.

Movement, walking and running,

 fucking, rolling on the floor, anything --

People have this whole 

other system they don't 

even know about :

The lymphatic system, 

it's like the blood system...

with its own style of 

veins and arteries...

but no heart.

You have to keep moving 

to get it to circulate.

And They've just given me pills.

They do that every day.

And I've got to move them 

through the lymphatic system.

Goddamn it.

Pardon my sweat.

I'm gonna take a bath, real soon.

So, Mr. Carveth, how did you get my name?

My lawyer knows your lawyer.

I see. I get it.

Is your lawyer preparing a case 

against Raglan, too?

Basically, yes.

Slightly different from yours.

How different?

My Wife is still in therapy with Raglan.

I'm claiming psychological damage,

not physiological.

I see. Give him some 

more time with your wife...

and you'll be able to claim 

physiological damage, too.

Wouldn't this look 

impressive in court?

[ He shows a MASSIVE Grey Cist across His Neck. ]

Do you like it? I do.

That's Raglan. That's psychoplasmics...

and it's called lymphosarcoma.

And it's spreading.

It's a form of cancer of the lymphatic system.

You blame Raglan for that?

Raglan did it.

Raglan encouraged my body 

to revolt against me.

And it did.

I have a small revolution 

on my hands and 

I'm not putting it down 

very successfully.

Then your lawyer really thinks 

he can prove Raglan's responsible?

Are you kidding me?

You can't prove something 

like that in court.

Right from square one,

you're into, what, ‘metaphysics’?

“How do you know I'm not going 

to get cancer at age 32 

whether I'd gone into 

psychoplasmics therapy or not?”

No, we'd get laughed out of court.

Then why are you going into court?

Revenge. Even if we lose, 

people will get nervous 

about psychoplasmics.

It will be bad publicity.

They won't even remember 

whether we won or lost --

They'll just remember the slogan :

"Psychoplasmics can cause cancer."

Catchy.

Is that going to help?

Maybe. I'm not alone.

I'm in touch with a lot of people 

who did psychoplasmics.

We might form a club.

I want to help you.

Okay. Thanks.