Videodrome
Criterion/Voyager (1983)
Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
In Collection
#13609
0*
Seen ItYes
715515015424
IMDB   7.3
1 hr 29 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Les Carlson Barry Convex
Peter Dvorsky Harlan
Deborah Harry Nicki Brand
James Woods Max Renn
Sonja Smits Bianca O'Blivion
Leslie Carlson Barry Convex
Jack Creley Brian O'Blivion
Lynne Gorman Masha
Julie Khaner Bridey
Reiner Schwartz Moses
David Bolt Raphael
Director
David Cronenberg
Producer Pierre David
Claude Heroux
Writer David Cronenberg


Max Renn (James Woods) is a television program producer for CIVIC-TV who is in need of new shows. When he goes looking for edgy material for his sleazy UHF TV station, he and his assistant Harlan (Peter Dvorsky) stumble across the pirate broadcast of a hyper-violent torture show called "Videodrome". Max tasks his supplier, Masha (Lynne Gorman) to find out the nature of the show. She returns to tell his that the shows are real and the murder, torture and death equally real. As he struggles to unearth the origins and reasons for the program, Max's depraved girlfriend Nicki Brand (Deborah Harry) travels to Pittsburgh to "audition" for the show. Max with the help of a media prophet Brian O'Blivion (Jack Creley) embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games, and bodily transformation.
Edition Details
Edition The Criterion Collection
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 8/31/2004
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 40-Page Booklet Featuring An Essay By Film Critic Carrie Rickey, Excerpts From An Unpublished Book On Videodrome By Film Critic And Publisher Tom Lucas And A New Essay By Novelist And Culture Critic Gary IndianaDisc 1:New Digital Transfer On Unrated Version With Restored Image & Sound, Enhanced For Widescreen TelevisionsOptimal Image Quality: RSDL Dual-Layer EditionAudio Commentaries:David Cronenberg & Director Of Photography Mark IrwinActors James Woods & Deborah HarryCamera (2000): A Short Film Starring Videodrome's Les Carlson, Written And Directed By David Cronenberg In 2000 As Part Of The 25th Anniversary Celebration Of The Toronto Film FestivalDisc 2:Featurettes/Documentaries:Forging The New Flesh: A New Half-Hour Documentary Featurette By Filmmaker Michael Lennick About The Creation Of Videodrome's Video And Prosthetic Makeup EffectsBootleg Video: The Complete Footage Of Samurai Dreams And Seven Minutes Of Transmissions From Videodrome, Presented In Their Original, Unedited Form With Filmmaker Commentary Interviews:Effects Men: A New Audio Interview With Special Makeup Effects Creator Baker And Video Effects Supervisor LennickFear On Film: A 26-Minute Roundtable Discussion From 1982 Between Filmmakers Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis & Mick GarrisStills Galleries Featuring Hundreds Of Rare Behind-The-Scenes Production Photos, Special Effects Makeup Tests, & Publicity PhotosOriginal Theatrical Trailers & Promotional FeaturetteCriterion Spine Number: 248