Videodrome

Long live the new flesh! Absolutely awesome. Between the late bloomer Eastern Promises and the peaked-in-highschool Scanners we have Videodrome who fucks every second of its runtime. James Woods awesome, Debbie Harry awesome, Jamaican Eyeglass Salesman awesome. Sex and violence, two thumbs up. Great practical effects, great scenes. Blue outside city shot beautifully, Red creepy other world shot beautifully. Amazing movie. Equated to alcohol and cigarettes. Huge influence on Cruelty Squad and demonlover. Hilarious and shocking and horrifying. I’m beginning to identify running themes in his works. Like evil corporations and the protagonist being set on video-gamey missions. The kind of movie you could think about for a long long time. Set in the near future, the past for us, but prophetic, and ahead of its time. Cronenberg knows when to have a badass moment. Action. Gunfire. When the kid wanted to look at the exploded body. Come to Nikki.