(1981)
4
Brendon Hanley
Perhaps the best and most characteristic film in David Cronenberg's early career, Scanners has a distinctly bizarre premise: telepathic humans bent on world domination use their powers to blow up other people's heads. The director's earlier efforts are often labeled horror films due to their host of grotesqueries -- the exploding head in Scanners is one of his most indelible images -- but they're better thought of as bleak, philosophical science fiction. Scanners is most concerned with the incongruous relationship between the human body and technology, a theme that Cronenberg would continue to explore in nearly every subsequent film, most obviously in works such as The Fly (1986) or Existenz (1999). Scanners was Cronenberg's first film with a modest budget, though the gritty look is very much in keeping with his lower-budget work.
awards for Scanners on AllMovie
Scanners (1981)
Genie Awards
|
Nominated |
Best Art Direction
|
1982 |
|
Nominated |
Best Costume Design
|
1982 |
|
Nominated |
Best Director
|
1982 |
|
Nominated |
Best Editing
|
1982 |
|
Nominated |
Best Original Screenplay
|
1982 |
|
Nominated |
Best Picture
|
1982 |
|
Nominated |
Best Sound
|
1982 |
|
Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor
|
1982 |
 - Movie and Film Awards - AllMovie &p[summary]= &p[url]=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmovie.com%2Fmovie%2Fscanners-v43063%2Fawards &p[images][0]=http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/2/Open/20th%20Century%20Fox/Scanners/_derived_jpg_q90_116x177_m0/Scanners-BoxArt.jpg?partner=allrovi.com){kind=link}