VIDEO : Guillermo del Toro Hands David Cronenberg Lifetime Achievement Award

On Thursday, David Cronenberg received a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival.
Cronenberg has a 50-year career directing scary movies and many classics of the ?body horror? genre.
Guillermo del Toro handed Cronenberg the special Golden Lion at a ceremony in Venice.
?We are both monsters, he and I. You might have heard we both have a fondness for monsters, but we are ourselves, monsters of cinema and art.?
Cronenberg said to del Toro in his acceptance speech.
Cronenberg appeared to be delighted by the award, modeled on the winged lion that is the symbol of Venice.
?This creature, this lion, golden and with beautiful wings, is also a monster ... It?s fierce, it?s strong and yet it can fly, it can soar on its wings to the farthest reaches of the earth. For me this is, it represents the monster of art and of truth, which is something we need now more than ever.?
?Long live the monster of art and may it conquer all its many enemies!?