
Sometime in the future, the Canadian Academy for Erotic Inquiry is investigating the theories of parapsychologist Luther Stringfellow. Seven young adults volunteer to submit to a form of brain surgery that removes their power of speech but increases their power for telepathic communication. An unseen group of students observes the results. As the experiment progresses, Stringfellow's theories come to fruition. Later, aphrodisiacs and various other drugs are introduced to the ... (Full plot summary below)
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Sometime in the future, the Canadian Academy for Erotic Inquiry is investigating the theories of parapsychologist Luther Stringfellow. Seven young adults volunteer to submit to a form of brain surgery that removes their power of speech but increases their power for telepathic communication. An unseen group of students observes the results. As the experiment progresses, Stringfellow's theories come to fruition. Later, aphrodisiacs and various other drugs are introduced to the subjects to expose an inherent polymorphous perversity. (SPOILER ALERT!) In the end, they are isolated from each other, provoking antagonism and violence between them, which results in two suicides.
Leave your thoughts about Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic).
| New York TimesNora Sayre...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. |
| User ReviewTim Mmi favorite cronenberg film, as a mental health professional its a very intresting analysis of all the main themes that are the core of cronenberg movies they are, love, sex, violence crazynes, and the terror of having to take a look inside and fiding that the most horrifying thing is one self |
| User ReviewSachiko Hi thought this was one of the most interesting films i've ever seen. interesting experiments in narrative and more intellectual than many other cronenbergs' films. |
| User ReviewJames RThis film makes 2001: A Space Odyssey look like a Will Smith "sci-fi" movie. Probably one of the most hardcore Sci-Fi movies I have ever seen. Anyone who isn't into hardcore Sci-Fi, experimental films or Cronenberg films should stay very far away from this gem, however, as you will most likely hate it or fall asleep. The characters do not speak, there is no sound except unidentified narrative voices speaking psychological techno-babble. It seems a lot of people who have seen this are alienated or annoyed by the techno-babble, but I think it was done well enough, (if you have ever been able to sit through an episode of Star Trek Voyager, you have endured techno-babble far worse than this.) The narration is not describing the events on screen per se, but rather explaining the situations surrounding what we are being shown. The whole thing is played off as a video based scientific study report from the year 1996, (the movie premiered in 1969.) |
| User ReviewFreddie FIn David Cronenberg's first film he uses free association to craft a scatterbrained exploration of sexuality. The film examines the connection between the mental and physical components of sexuality, and (like he later would in "Crash" extensively) delves into sexuality as an abstract concept that can be expressed and captured in ways other than the common physical act. I love the black and white photography, and it is definitely of interest to anyone who likes Cronenberg. |
| User ReviewCaleb CA bit hard to understand, but fully realized in it's "genre" so to speak. It really is in a league of it's own this one, as are most of Cronenbergs work. This being his first feature it is quite impressive and does feel slightly inspired by the work of Stanley Kubrick, although this was a bit harder to watch than his features. This one strictly for cinephiles and fans of Cronenberg. |
| User ReviewJussi MCreepy and weird. Turns out to be one of Cronenberg's best framed films. Loved whatever locations were used. The silent movie with V/O is surprisingly effective. If you're thinking of making an indie film with no budget, you have to see this. |
| User ReviewLuke SIt's difficult for me to score this one because it was made under circumstances that didn't really afford Cronenberg much leeway. Considering this disadvantage, I think he did a fine job. The concept is interesting, and while in general I felt that the actors performed well, some of the ideas are difficult to convey without the aid of dialogue. Everything is explained in the voiceovers but not consistently supported by the visuals. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone except serious Cronenberg fans. |
| User ReviewCarlos ZToo avant-garde for my taste, though Cronenberg's talent and creativity is obviuosly there. |
| User ReviewRichard MThis short film by David Cronenberg is more an experiment in filmmaking by a young director than an exploration of the films narrative about a young man arriving at an academy for people with telepathic ability.The film is masterfully sculpted and the silence of the movie serves to draw our attention to the careful composition of each shot. The young Cronenberg makes use of some incredible tracking and panning shots which (similarly to Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange) lend themselves to the film's the eerie sic-fi narrative.Stereo is testimony to the ambition of a young director who's ability reveals itself in the beauty and bleakness of every shot in this film. |