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Title:
Videodrome [DVD video].
Publication Date:
2004
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, c2004.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
ISBN:
9781559409520
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Title from container spine.
Title on slipcase (discarded): David Cronenberg's Videodrome.
Originally produced as a Canadian/United States motion picture in 1982.
Performers:
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).
Contents:
Disc 1, The film. Wake-up call -- Max Renn -- Something tough -- Rena King Show -- Transmissions from Pittsburgh -- "Got any porno?" -- Subterranean connections -- "It has a philosophy" -- Cathode Ray MIssion -- Hallucinations begin -- Brian O'Blivion -- "Careful. It bites." -- Perceptions of reality -- Barry Convex -- Rude awakening -- "Savage new times" -- Handgun -- Assassin -- Reprogrammed -- "See you in Pittsburgh" -- Death to Videodrome -- "Long live the new flesh" -- Credits -- Extras: Commentaries [David Cronenberg/Mark Irwin; James Woods/Deborah Harry] -- Camera [short film by Cronenberg] (7 min.).
Disc 2, The 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].
Technical Details:
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital Mono 1.0, widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1, new high-definition digital transfer with restored image and sound, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
Subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Added Corporate Author:
Audience:
Canadian Home Video Rating: Restricted; MPAA rating: Not rated.
