All-Time Sales Rank: 638
| Overall Rating:  4.5 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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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. Starring James Woods and Deborah Harry, in one of her first film roles, Videodrome is one of writer/director David Cronenberg's most original and provocative works, fusing social commentary with shocking elements of sex and violence. With groundbreaking special effects makeup by Academy Award-winner Rick Baker, Videodrome has come to be regarded as one of the most influential and mind-bending science fiction films of the 1080s.
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Features:
| Two audio commentaries: David Cronenberg and director of photography Mark Irwin, and actors James Woods and Deborah Harry
Camera (2000), a short film starring Videodrome's Les Carlson, written and directed by Cronenberg
Forging the New Flesh, a new half-hour documentary featurette by filmmaker Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome's video and prosthetic makeup effects
Effects Men, a new audio interview with special makeup effects creator Baker and video effects supervisor Lennick
Bootleg Video: the complete footage of Samurai Dreams and seven minutes of transmissions from "Videodrome," presented in their original, unedited form with filmmaker commentary
Fear on Film, a 26-minute roundtable discussion from 1982 between filmmakers Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Mick Garris
Original theatrical trailers and promotional featurette
Stills galleries featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production photos, special effects makeup tests, and publicity photos | Video:
| | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
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| Studio: Criterion
Production Year: 1982
Release Date: 8/31/2004
Length: 89 mins
Rating: NR
Chapters: 24
| Includes: Audio Commentary
Packaging: Custom Case
Number of Discs: 2
Disc: SS-DL
Item Code: CC1604D
UPC Code: 715515015424
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Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5, including 2 reviews
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A stunning look at this visionary film! - 4.75 out of 5 (8/23/2004)
A good friend of mine took a look at my rather healthy Criterion collection and asked me "which one of these is not like the other?" Of course, he was pointing to VIDEODROME at the time, and I might have agreed with his sarcastic statement had I not already watched the two-disc set, end to end...Three times.
So in summation, I have to say: If Criterion movies are a film school in a box, then VIDEODROME is the masters program.
Because this two disc set gives you the uncut version of the
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A man falls into a strange world of video violence - 4.25 out of 5 (9/7/2004)
Without a doubt one of the most influential innovations of the past century (20th century that is) is the rise of home video. From the humble console black and white television to the elaborate home theaters we enjoy today, video virtually controls our lives. We are entertained and informed by this impressive media. Made in 1983 Videodrome came on the scene at the dawn of home video and provided a twisted world of the media not only being the message but controlling it. Max Renn (James Woods) ma
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