Videodrome

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Videodrome

Director:
David Cronenberg
89 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called Videodrome. As he struggles to unearth the origins of the program, he embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right - wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games, and bodily transformation. Starring James Woods and Deborah Harry in one of her first film roles, Videodrome is one of writer/director David Cronenberg's most original and provocative works, fusing social commentary with shocking elements of sex and violence. With groundbreaking special effects makeup by Academy Award - winner Rick Baker, Videodrome has come to be regarded as one of the most influential and mind - bending science fiction films of the 1980s.

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Runtime:
89 min.

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

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SPECIAL FEATURES: 

  • New high-definition digital transfer of the unrated version, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions
  • Two audio commentaries: David Cronenberg and director of photography Mark Irwin, and actors James Woods and Deborah Harry
  • Camera (2000), a short film starring Videodrome's Les Carlson, written and directed by Cronenberg
  • Forging the New Flesh, a new half - hour documentary featurette by filmmaker Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome's video and prosthetic makeup effects
  • Effects Men, a new audio interview with special makeup effects creator Baker and video effects supervisor Lennick
  • Bootleg Video: the complete footage of Samurai Dreams and seven minutes of transmissions from "Videodrome," presented in their original, unedited form with filmmaker commentary
  • Fear on Film, a 26 - minute roundtable discussion from 1982 between filmmakers Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Mick Garris
  • Original theatrical trailers and promotional featurette
  • Stills galleries featuring hundreds of rare behind - the - scenes production photos, special effects makeup tests, and publicity photosEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
  • Optimal image quality: RSDL dual - layer edition

 

 

 

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