Review of Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic) (1969) by Victor M — 19 Sep 2014

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.