I watched it recently and knew this film had many layers to it I am a fan of body horror but how it is utilized by Cronenberg is very different Body horror can disassemble the meat machine of human or connect the immaterial with the material Concepts that in my opinion transcend words
I’ve seen it4 times and I still don’t completely understand. I feel as though as I learn something new, like finding another piece to the puzzle that which is Videodrome. Aside from crimes of the future (the recent one.), that one of his films made me question the premise.
Great video, great discussion. I doubt that the program is perfectly incidental. The media is not the only message - watching Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and Saw IV dont have the same effect on a person, right?
I saw this movie on HBO 1983 when pay per view TV was uncensored. There was a nipple piercing scene. It was the sofa scene where Niki said to Max "Want to try a few things..?" Very next scene Max needle pierced her nipple through and through on closeup with a drop of blood and all. There was no "sex" involved but the inference was unquestionably obvious. The whole movie was provocative, but that scene was on the pinnacle edge. I have seen the film many times since and have never seen that scene again. When I saw your review I hoped I would have my answer. Maybe you could help me find the answer? I'm wondering if there is a directors cut somewhere of the original. I wish I could have the opportunity to see it again UNCENSORED.
The Mandela Effect Conundrum The Mandela Effect made E.T. home phone, and turned my life into the Twilight Zone. Now I'm driving a Ford with the curly Q. It's been here a long time. Can that be true? That pigtail makes no sense to me, but they say it's recorded in history. Berenstein had some funny bears. When the stain appeared, that drew some stares. Ellis Island had a statue called Liberty, But she moved to a new locality. This new Earth is a mystery, time to learn new history. Did Forrest say is or did he say was, the internet is all a buzz. Chartreuse was red as I recall. but now it's green and that ain't all. The stop light had green on top before, now I see red there and so much more. J.C Penney has an extra e. Came from Febreeze, I do believe. The map of the world is not the same. Svalbard to me is a brand new name. New Zealand moved south. That's so lame. The North Pole is gone. Not that's a shame. The Mandela Effect is messing with me. Captain Kirk did say " beam me up Scotty." The Wizard of Oz was so much fun, before the Scarecrow got his gun. People say I'm obsessed, and that might be true, though I can't believe Hitler's eyes turned blue. The sun is white and very bright, I wonder where the moon will be tonight. The lion stopped lying with the lamb, the big bad wolf put us in a jam. Celebrities die and live again, I just can't see how that's happenin'. South America shifted to the east they say, now the Panama Canal goes a different way. Australia moved north, what a blunder, ain't no way that's the land down under. Cuba is bigger than it was before, and the Arctic Ice Cap is no more. Sally Fields used to be the Flying Nun, now her s is gone, like my yellow sun. Tom Cruise lost his shades, and that's ain't right, I know his shirt used to be white. Fruit Loops went away one day. Now Cap'n Crunch is here to stay. Darth said no, but that can't be, Luke is what I heard in that movie. The Monopoly man lost his monocle, so I have to wonder, where did it go. Mona Lisa got a name and a smile, the Thinker moved his hand for a while. Dolly had braces, that's a fact. Maybe a flip flop will bring them back. The Wicked Witch says fly, fly, fly, when her scary monkeys fill the sky. If your memories don't match what you see, you're in the Outer Limits, stuck here with me. The Mandela Effect took a hold of me, altered some things in my reality. Land masses out of place, here and there, people once deceased, now alive I swear. Movies I saw many times before, had altered and shocked me to the core. Songs I listened to in my youth, were not the same, that is the truth. What is this place, what put me here? I must be strong, not give in to fear. ru-vid.comoH9hlh1mUtc ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5Vb4OHW7cnI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yRcxjsN8zY4.html
Ahead of its time, in USA, but not in Europe. We already had a lot of those kind of stories since the 1970s!!! Hollywood machine always copy and took stories of the world. I am not angry about that, but they know how to make cheap stories (from rich european stories) with huge budget from (low budget european movies) lol Solaris (Russian copy), Vanilla Sky (copy of the spanish movie open your eyes), Quarantine (Spanish movie REC), K-Pax (movie from Argentina). :p this list are the last 4 movies i just saw last month lol all europeans and russians movies! The list are more than 210 productions loool. Anyway, thanks for this explanation of a really bad script missunderstood from "Arrebato" and modify to fit the VHS Era :p ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ONHTMRV8lmo.html
Bergmann influences in Videodrome but direct copy? That's a stretch. European cinema has had Hollywood influences like spaghetti westerns from Spain copying John Ford westerns. Italy copies everything from Mad Max, movies to zombie horror.
