Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play One of the most singular auteurs of the horror & science fiction genres David Cronenberg has wowed audiences with his depictions of body transformations & explorations of society this collection of his early short & feature films shows a master learning his craft & exploring many of the themes that would dominate his most celebrated work Transfer (1966) Cronenberg s first short film is a surreal sketch of a doctor & his patient From the Drain (1967) finds two men in a bathtub which may be part of a centre for veterans of a future war Stereo (1969) Cronenberg s first official feature film stunningly shot in monochrome concerns telepaths at the Institute for Erotic Enquiry where patients undergo tests by Dr Luther Stringfellow In Crimes of the Future (1970) Cronenberg worked in colour & with a larger budget where we find the House of Skin clinic director (Ronald Mlodzik returning from Stereo) searching for his mentor Antoine Rouge who has disappeared following a catastrophic plague Cronenberg s early amateur feature films shot in & around his university campus prefigure his later films concerns with strange institutions malefemale separation & ESP echoing the likes of Videodrome Dead Ringers & Scanners SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Brand new restorations of four Cronenberg films Original mono audio for all films Optional english subtitles for the deaf & hard of hearing Transfer the Future Author & critic Kim Newman discusses Cronenberg s early works Sleeve featuring newly illustrated artwork by Gilles Vranckx