The motif of the flesh in the works of D. Cronenberg in the ontological perspective of the subjectivity of G. Deleuze

The paper deals with the interpretation of the motif of the flesh in the works of Canadian Film Director David Cronenberg. This interpretation is based on the ontology of subjectivity of the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze in which the dichotomy of subject and subjectivity is fixed. Attitude towards subject which is changeable in arts, culture, and philosophy is demonstrated by Cronenberg in his films through various motifs of the flesh. This attitude is not fixed within the category of stability and perceived as subjectivity formed by the event and dynamic nature of one’s being. Besides, the research shows that Cronenberg and Deleuze illustrate the idea of developing subjectivity in a similar way. They seek to present subjectivity as something that is imminent to the subject. In both cases, the source of subjectivity is the flesh as an in-depth metaphor of the body and corporeality providing access to subjectivity in Cronenberg and Deleuze’s opinion.