The following documentary, produced in 2014 by Michael Lennick, a Toronto-based documentarian and visual effects designer and supervisor, explores the “predigital” special effects in SCANNERS and features interviews with several of David Cronenberg’s collaborators.
In this interview, conducted in March 2014, actor Michael Ironside discusses SCANNERS and his extensive career in both Canada and Hollywood.
This interview with actor Stephen Lack was produced by Subkultur Entertainment in 2012. Lack discusses working on SCANNERS, how he became involved in the Canadian film industry, and his notable career as a visual artist.
In the following excerpts from the March 10, 1981, episode of his popular CBC talk show, Bob McLean talks to director David Cronenberg about the recent release of SCANNERS and some of his earlier films.