Scanners
Dir: David Cronenberg
Canada, 1981, English, 103mins, DCP, Category III
Cast: Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Michael Ironside
Telepathy is weaponised by a private security firm in the military-industrial complex through the mobilisation of psychics known as scanners, but a rogue scanner intent on world domination disrupts their plans. A psychic recruited to fight him joins a resistance network of scanners and is confronted with the truth behind their existence. Cronenberg's first production with a substantial budget, Scanners allowed for a more spectacular visualisation of the director's imaginative concepts than previously, including its iconic special effect of an exploding head which marks one of the most memorable deaths in sci-fi horror.
23/10(Sun): Film talk with Long Tin
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction
