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Overview. As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max ...
Jul 20, 2020 · Videodrome’s messaging is blunt and literal – media as something infectious, sickly seductive, harmful even physically – but it draws from very real concerns regarding the exponential rise of TV viewing in the 80s. This was the first time that the screen threatened to rival or even supplant our actual five senses as the medium of truth, whether measured by the number of people viewing or ...
Dec 3, 2012 · It’s in Woods’ eyes: what Cronenberg called “Dangerous, paranoid intellectualism.”. Unlike Scanners two years before, Videodrome was not a hit when Universal Pictures placed it in cinemas ...
Videodrome is a 1983 horror/sci-fi film directed by David Cronenberg, starring James Woods and Debbie Harry. It is a surreal movie, fully embodying Cronenberg's affinity for Body Horror, and like all of his movies, it also has a strong intellectual undercurrent. The film deals with Marshall McLuhan's philosophies and examines the relationship ...
Videodrome 2D 88m 32s | 2015. There are scenes from a television show in which men and women are subjected to sadistic punishment in a torture chamber where they are restrained, and then whipped and strangled. These scenes are brief and stronger detail is obscured by the grainy quality of the images. There are also scenes of strong bloody ...
Feb 17, 2024 · The ending of "Videodrome" is one of the most confusing moments of the film. At first, we want to believe that the O'Blivions are righteous and that Max can be redeemed by them. However, once ...
Videodrome is a film that has long divided critics and audiences alike. Andy Worhol declared Videodrome the Clockwork Orange (1971) of the 80's, yet Roger Ebert called it one of the LEAST entertaining movies ever. Well, that's Ebert for ya. I however adore this film and gladly hail it as one of the most unique psychological thrillers ever!
