Scanners
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A telepath infiltrates a criminal organization consisting of people of his own kind. Starting from the principle that thoughts can be a vectors of murder, Cronenberg explores the relationship that unites the physical and the mental.
David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg is a Canadian film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. He is one of the principal originators of the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infectious diseases, , and the intertwining of the psychological, physical, and technological. In the first third of his career, he explored these themes mostly through sci-fi horror films such as Scanners (1981) and Videodrome (1983), although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. Cronenberg's films have polarized critics and audiences alike; he has earned critical acclaim and has sparked controversy for his depictions of gore and violence. His films have won numerous awards, including the Special Jury Prize for Crash at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival, a unique award that is distinct from the Jury Prize as it is not given annually, but only at the request of the official jury, who in this case gave the award "for originality, for daring, and for audacity". From the 2000s to the 2020s, he collaborated on several films with Viggo Mortensen, including his most recent offering, Crimes of the Future (2022)
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«Scanners», ou l’identité artistique en mutation
Durant le premier acte du film Scanners, un conférencier est pris de spasmes avant que satête explose. La scène, gore à souhait, choqua en 1981, mais entra aussitôt dans les annales du cinéma. Scanners ne se résume toutefois pas à ce morceau de bravoure sanguinolent. Quarante ans après sa sortie, force est de constater à quel point ce film fut charnière, transitoire dans le développement de l’identité artistique de son réalisateur, David Cronenberg.
