David Cronenberg talks Eastern Promises

David Cronenberg, enormously talented and impressively brainy director of The Fly and The History Of Violence, has a stare that could melt metal. Not that hes awkward, hes very pleasant and easy- going, its just when you ask a question, youre in no doubt hes giving you his full attention. Supping from warm tea and honey, hes in town to promote is latest thriller, Eastern Promises, a dark tale of the violent Russian mafia setting up shop in East London, but he wants to put locals at their ease: Its not a new paranoia for you, theres plenty to still love about this city