History Film / Cosmopolis

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Is it [[MindScrew ever]]

[[caption-width-right:288:Money changes everything.]]

* {{Expy}}: André Petrescu, aka "The Pastry Assassin", is based on Belgian writer and ''provacateur'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Godin Noël Godin]], who pies famous people (e.g., Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy) as a form of political protest.

* CrypticConversation[=/=]OneSceneTwoMonologues: And '''how!'''

Hermetically sealed in his high-tech stretch limo, financial whiz-kid/gazillionaire Erik Packer (RobertPattinson) is intent on three things: making a killing on the financial markets, talking his new high-society wife into having sex with him, and - most importantly - getting a haircut from his favorite barber on the other side of town. None of these go as planned: the markets kill ''his'' finances, he has sex with everyone ''but'' his wife, and a series of traffic jams, riots, and assassination threats slow his commute to a crawl.

* CrypticConversation / OneSceneTwoMonologues: And '''how!'''
* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler: The SmashToBlack ending suggests this will happen.]]
* {{Expy}}: André Petrescu, a/k/a "The Pastry Assassin," is based on Belgian writer and ''provacateur'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Godin Noël Godin]], who pies famous people (e.g. Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy) as a form of political protest.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Packer's attempts to manipulate the Japanese currency markets wipes out most of his personal fortune, and possibly others' as well.
* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: Packer's bodyguard boasts that his pistol has a coded, voice-activated safety. Packer convinces him to demonstrate how it works - [[spoiler: unfortunately for the bodyguard, he does it when the gun's in ''Packer's hand''. Cue NoRangeLikePointBlankRange BoomHeadshot.]]

* TorontoDoubling: For New York City. Then again, Cronenberg shoots ''all'' his movies in Toronto anyway...
* XMeetsY: Cronenberg's own {{Literature/Crash}} meets WallStreet - meets LastYearAtMarienbad.

* NotWithTheSafetyOnYouWont: Packer's bodyguard boasts that his pistol has a coded, voice-activated safety. Packer convinces him to demonstrate the process - [[spoiler: when the gun's in Packer's hand.

* CoolGuns: Benno's accessory-encrusted pistol. He even admits he doesn't know what half the add-ons do.

* {{BFG}}: Benno's accessory-encrusted pistol. He even admits he doesn't know what half the add-ons do.

* {{Expy}}: André Petrescu, a/k/a "The Pastry Assassin," is based on Belgian writer and ''provacateur'' Noël Godin, who pies famous people (e.g. Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy) as a form of political protest.

* CrypticConversation: And '''how!'''

* XMeetsY: Cronenberg's own CRASH meets WallStreet - meets LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD.

Hermetically sealed in his high-tech stretch limo, financial whiz-kid/gazillionaire Erik Packer (RobertPattinson) is intent on three things: making a killing on the financial markets, talking his new high-society wife into having sex with him, and - most importantly - getting a haircut from his favorite barber on the other side of town. None of these go as planned.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney

* DeathByMaterialism: [[spoiler: The ending suggests this will happen

** It's DavidCronenberg. What did you expect?

* Expy: André Petrescu, a/k/a "The Pastry Assassin," is based on Belgian writer and ''provacateur'' Noël Godin, who pies famous people (e.g. Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard, and French president Nicolas Sarkozy) as a form of political protest.

* GoryIndiscretionShot: Packer shoots himself through his hand to make a point.
** It's DavidCronenberg. What did you expect?

[[caption-width-right:288:Money changes everything.]]

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