Videodrome

[1983, Movie]

Videodrome: Review

One of director David Cronenberg's most visionary and audacious film up to is a fascinating rumination on humanity, technology, entertainment, sex and politics that is virtually incomprehensible on first viewing and needs to be seen several times before one can even begin to unlock its mysteries. Nevertheless, it's a daring and remarkable film that will continue to be debated and analyzed for decades to come. James Woods and Deborah Harry star. Read the complete review for Videodrome

Videodrome: Cast & Details

Year: 1983
Rated R

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Cast
James Woods: Max Renn
Sonja Smits: Bianca O'Blivion
Deborah Harry: Nicki Brand
Peter Dvorsky: Harlan
Les Carlson: Barry Convex
Jack Creley: Prof. Brian O'Blivion

Videodrome: TV Guide News

DVD Tuesday: Long Live the New Flesh in Cronenberg's Vidoedrome | Ask FlickChick | 5/7/2008
DVD Tuesday: Videodrome, reality TV and the temple of the new flesh -- David Cronenberg saw it all!All hail Mike Judge's Idiocracy (2006): Every time my mind is boggled by the depths to which some new reality TV show has sunk, I can't help but remember the most popular show of Judge's dystopian future: "Ow, My Balls!" Really says it all, doesn't it? But much though I'm amused by Idiocracy, David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983) really blows my mind (pace Roxy Music's "In Every Dream Home, a Heartache"):. The first time I saw it I was in college, the product of a world in which there were no PCs, no cell phones, no IM, no PDAs, no social networking sites, no games more sophisticated than Space Invaders and Pong… and yet I knew that Videodrome wasn't just a freaky kick. I'd been following Cronenberg since his experimental shorts Stereo (1969) and Crimes of the Future (1970) and it was clear to me that he was on to something: In some visceral way, he got both the seductiveness... read more

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