Videodrome [videorecording] / Universal ; Filmplan International Production ; Pierre David and Victor Solnicki present ; a David Cronenberg film ; produced by Claude Héroux ; written and directed by David Cronenberg.
James Woods (Max Renn), Sonja Smits (Bianca O'Blivion), Deborah Harry (Nicki Brand), Peter Dvorsky (Harlan), Les Carlson (Barry Convex), Jack Creley (Brian O'Blivion), Lynne Gorman (Masha). Originally produced as a Canadian/United States motion picture in 1982.
Contents:
Extras Commentaries [David Cronenberg/Mark Irwin; James Woods/Deborah Harry] -- Camera [short film by Cronenberg] (7 min.). Extras Commentaries [David Cronenberg/Mark Irwin; James Woods/Deborah Harry] -- Camera [short film by Cronenberg] (7 min.). Disc 2 Supplements Forging the new flesh [Documentary on special effects] (28 min.) -- Effects men [Audio commentary only] ( min.) -- Bootleg video [Three short films seen on television in the film] (17 min.) -- Fear on film [Roundtable discussion from 1982 with directors Cronenberg, John Landis, and John Carpenter] (26 min.) -- Marketing [trailers, making of documentary, stills galleries] (12 min.) -- Stills galleries [special effects, cast & crew].
Summary:
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.
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