Stereo (film)
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Stereo is a 1969 Canadian film written, shot, edited and directed by David Cronenberg. It stars Ronald Mlodzik, who also appears in Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future, Shivers and Rabid. It was Cronenberg's first major effort after his two short films, Transfer and From the Drain. It runs approximately one hour long – longer than a short film, but not quite a full-length feature.
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[edit] Summary
The story concerns an experiment by the unseen Dr. Luther Stringfellow of the Canadian Academy of Erotic Inquiry. A group of young volunteers are endowed with telepathic abilities which they are encouraged to develop through sexual exploration.
[edit] Production
The film was shot in black and white, and silent because the camera Cronenberg was using made too much noise. A commentary, purportedly by the scientific observers of the experiment, was added later.
[edit] Analysis
The film adumbrates several Cronenbergean themes. The exploration (voluntary or otherwise) of new states of consciousness via sexual experimentation is a major theme in Shivers, Videodrome, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, M. Butterfly and Crash. The idea of telepathy induced by an unknown scientist recurs in Scanners, as does the image of one tormented telepath who uses an electric drill in a desperate attempt to get the alien voices out of his head.
[edit] External links
- Stereo at the Internet Movie Database
| Movies by David Cronenberg |
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| Transfer • From the Drain • Stereo • Crimes of the Future • Shivers • Rabid • Fast Company • The Brood • Scanners • The Dead Zone • Videodrome • The Fly • Dead Ringers • Naked Lunch • M. Butterfly • Crash • eXistenZ • Spider • A History of Violence |
