Videodrome

Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh! “The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena: the Videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore, television is reality, and reality is less than television.” man, what the fuck. genuinely how do you cook up something like this, this entire movie is just a complete mind fuck. it was a stressful and paranoid experience, and i was quite prepared for it being a mind fuck from what i heard about cronenberg but it still just seemed to surprise me. the message received from this on how powerful the screens we pay attention to in our everyday lives and how they can really make an impact while being expressed in such a unique and also strange way was very pleasing to see. the 80s aesthetic of this i absolute loved it, i’m not a body horror fan but this wasn’t as bad as i was expecting. i watched this for the first time through my criterion blu ray and it looked amazing.