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Stereo

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Scientists perform surgery which allows humans to communicate through telepathy.

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Nora Sayre New York Times ...doors that won't open, enigmatic card games, long empty corridors and sex on an examination table make it all quite old fashioned, and the images are as formless as scrambled eggs. Rated: 1.5/5 May 9, 2005 Full Review Bill Bria Vague Visages Near-impermeable work of low-tech fantasy that depicts an indeterminate future where humanity has grown exponentially more detached and more transgressive... Jun 15, 2023 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Clinical, sinuous, jagged Apr 2, 2010 Full Review Sean Axmaker Parallax View ... essential to Cronenberg fans, (a) dispassionate portraitsof fictional experiments in the mutation of mankind in the near future. May 19, 2009 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Though it gave me a few guarded chuckles it was hardly worth the effort sitting through such a tedious affair. Rated: C Feb 18, 2007 Full Review Shane Burridge rec.arts.movies.reviews Difficult viewing, although there are some intriguing nuggets buried within Mar 18, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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David W Stereo offers an experimental cinematic experience that is delivered quite well for a first-time filmmaker. It pairs well with Cronenberg's other early work. Still, it's highly arthouse nature means I would only watch this again under particular circumstances or if there were nothing better to choose from. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/24 Full Review Audience Member The first feature film by David Cronenberg is a mostly silent, with sporadic narration, black and white film about a small group of telepaths in an isolated facility that are being monitored as the experiment both telepathically and sexually. It is a little too slow for me, but it was intriguing to see this early work of Cronenberg...as you can definitely see the talented amateur that would grow into a great filmmaker, as well as some seeds of what eventually evolved into the great film "Scanners" that Cronenberg would make later in his career. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Uma exploração série das habilidades de percepção espacial e sensorial desenvolvidas por telepatas. Um filme em preto e branco quase todo em silêncio sobre um tema anormal. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member To say that this one is a stinker would be an understatement. This is an early experimental film from David Cronenberg called Stereo, which is ironic being that the film is mostly silent. There is no dialogue, story, music, or sound effects of any kind. Indeed there's almost no sound except for a narrator. The film acts a sort of clinical study film about telekinesis and human behavior, but is completely faux. To be honest, this was a real chore to sit through. I wanted to shut it off several times, but being that I have what I feel is a lot of patience about these things, I slogged on through it, and never fell asleep once. It's also a tough film to try and describe to someone who hasn't seen it. I think you really have to be a David Cronenberg fan to enjoy it, and even then, I think you'd have a difficult time trying to justify it. It's just an early film from him that I'm glad is still around for people to see, but I personally got nothing out of it except complete boredom. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member First Cronenberg's film gives us an idea of what his future films would be. A story full of mystery about the experiments of a named Dr. Luther Stringfellow who is never seen in the film. Shot in b&w without dialogues just narration, telling us about the telepaths experiences. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Surrealistinen. Cronenberg on kulkenut omia polkujaan uransa alusta asti. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Scientists perform surgery which allows humans to communicate through telepathy.
Director
David Cronenberg
Producer
David Cronenberg
Screenwriter
David Cronenberg
Production Co
Emergent Films Ltd.
Genre
Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 5m