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by Frank Showalter

Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)

D: 2 stars (out of 5)
1969 | Canada | 65 min | More...
Reviewed Dec 26, 2020

David Cronenberg’s first feature. Proffered as an educational film from the fictional Canadian Academy of Erotic Enquiry, the film documents telepathic experiments conducted on a group of young people.

Shot in silent black-and-white with clinical voice-over narration, I found the film near-impenetrable, yet intriguing. It lacks an overt narrative, but the thematic through-line to Cronenberg’s Scanners proves evident.

Viewing History

  • Watched on
    Sat, Dec 26, 2020 via Criterion Channel