Stereo

1969

1 hr. 5 min.

Sci-Fi

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67%

6 Reviews

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29%

500+ Ratings

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Scientists perform surgery which allows humans to communicate through telepathy.

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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

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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

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Cronenberg's first film should only please fans of his work, since it borders on pretentious (it is even hard to know weather it is meant to be taken serious or not) with poorly-edited, seemingly random images accompanied by a voice-over that is pure tedious psychobabble.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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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

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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

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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

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David Cronenberg

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Ronald Mlodzik

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Jack Messinger

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Iain Ewing

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Clara Mayer

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Paul Mulholland

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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

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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

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Clinical, sinuous, jagged

Apr 2, 2010

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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

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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

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Shane Burridge

rec.arts.movies.reviews

Difficult viewing, although there are some intriguing nuggets buried within

Mar 18, 2003

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Synopsis

Scientists perform surgery which allows humans to communicate through telepathy.

Director: David Cronenberg
Screenwriter: David Cronenberg
Production Co: Emergent Films Ltd.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English