somewhat silly first short from a legendary filmmaker

Transfer - The First Short-Movie of Cronenberg

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Rafe Macpherson

Mort Ritts

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A psychiatrist, referred to only as Doctor, is living alone in a snowy field surrounded by pine woods. When a former patient named Ralph appears, the Doctor is distraught. Ralph has been following him obsessively.

Transfer

David Cronenberg&apos;s very first short film feels less like a Cronenberg movie and more like something akin to the early works of John Waters, but only in terms of the acting and visual style. Unfortunately, the writing and general tone of a Waters film matches the acting and visual style of &apos;Transfer&apos; much better than the writing and general tone of &apos;Transfer&apos; does. Plus, the sound is godawful. However, the short has some merits. There are visual ideas here that are interesting, the editing is decently done, and it definitely has a quirky sense of humour that got a few genuine smirks out of me, it certainly shows promise, though the amount of promise it shows doesn&apos;t come close to stacking up the later career of Cronenberg, which is unfortunate for this film but very fortunate for a vast majority of the films Cronenberg made afterwards.

David Cronenberg's very first short film feels less like a Cronenberg movie and more like something akin to the early works of John Waters, but only in terms of the acting and visual style. Unfortunately, the writing and general tone of a Waters film matches the acting and visual style of 'Transfer' much better than the writing and general tone of 'Transfer' does. Plus, the sound is godawful. However, the short has some merits. There are visual ideas here that are interesting, the editing is decently done, and it definitely has a quirky sense of humour that got a few genuine smirks out of me, it certainly shows promise, though the amount of promise it shows doesn't come close to stacking up the later career of Cronenberg, which is unfortunate for this film but very fortunate for a vast majority of the films Cronenberg made afterwards.

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