David Cronenberg was my first favorite director. Even before I knew what a director did, or before I’d seen more than a grand total of two of his films, I knew this to be true. Seeing his name above both The Fly and Videodrome was enough for me to realize that there was something special about this one, and every film I’d subsequently watch would only help enforce that, diving me deeper and deeper into nightmare worlds of body transformation and sexual obsession. But as my last Crypt entry discussed, every director has to start somewhere—and with Cronenberg, that “somewhere” is two brief feature films, micro-budget experimental movies that help lay the groundwork for some of the greatest works from one of cinema’s greatest artists.
His first feature, Stereo (1969), is something of an independent miracle. Running only a little over an hour, Stereo was made on...
His first feature, Stereo (1969), is something of an independent miracle. Running only a little over an hour, Stereo was made on...
- 11/3/2017
- by Perry Ruhland
- DailyDead
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