SCANNERS Directed and Written by David Cronenberg
We are at the headquarters of CONSECone of those multinational, virtually preternatural corporations that specialize in almost everythingwhere an unusual lecture-demonstration is about to take place. The subject: "scanners," people whose telepathic power enables them not only to read but to control another's mind, and destroy the body attached to it. The lecturer, a mousy older man whose head is the size, shape and texture of a bowling ball, has called for a volunteer to demonstrate the power. After a moment, a rugged fellow in his 30s...