Videodrome

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and, uh - and we do that.

But don't you feel

such shows contribute...

to a social climate of violence

and sexual malaise?

- And do you care?

- Certainly, I care.

I care enough, in fact,

to give my viewers a -

a harmless outlet for their fantasies

and their frustrations.

As far as I'm concerned,

that's a socially positive act.

What about it, Nicki?

Is it socially positive?

Well, I think we live

in overstimulated times.

We crave stimulation

for its own sake.

We gorge ourselves on it.

We always want more, whether

it's tactile, emotional or sexual...

and I think that's bad.

Then why did you wear that dress?

- Sorry?

- That dress.

It's very stimulating, and-and it's red.

You know what Freud would

have said about that dress.

And he would've been right.

I admit it.

I live in a highly excited

state of overstimulation.

Listen, I'd really like to take you

out to dinner tonight.

- Professor O'Blivion.

- What do you think?

Do you think erotic TV shows

and violent TV shows...

lead to desensitization...

to dehumanization?

The television screen has become

the retina of the mind's eye.

Yes.

That's why I refuse

to appear on television...

except on television.

Of course, O'Blivion is not

the name I was born with.

That's my television name.

Soon all of us

will have special names...

names designed to cause

the cathode ray tube to resonate.

- Yes.

- Yes, I am. Very interested.

Nicki, is Max Renn

a menace to society?

I'm not sure.

He's certainly a menace to me.

When does the plot,

uh, start to unravel here?

I mean, who is this black guy?

Is he a political prisoner?

There's no plot.

It just goes on like that for an hour.

- Goes on like what?

- Like that.

Torture, murder...

Mutilation.

- We never leave that room?

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