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Synopsis: Max Renn runs a TV channel, and when looking for new material to show--he discovers "Videodrome." His girlfriend, Nicki Brand, goes to audition for the show, and Max gets drawn into the underlying plot that uses the show as its front for a global conspiracy.
Director(s): David Cronenberg
Production: Universal Pictures
  3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
78%
R
Year:
1983
87 min
2,614 Views


Masha, Masha, you know me.

I stay away from the scary stuff.

Max...

you are going to have to

be nice to me for this.

We can take a shower together,

anytime you say.

I'm sure you would be

very beautiful...

but, uh, you're a little older

than I prefer.

Thank you...

so much.

Sell me a name...

and I'll make Apollo and Dionysus

part of the package.

That hurts me, Max.

Hey, the world's

a shithole, ain't it?

Yes, Max.

It is.

Brian O'Blivion.

That is the only name

I have to give.

Professor Brian O'Blivion.

Wait, where you goin'? Come back here.

Hey. Hey, buddy. Got a fag?

- Are they goin'in now?

- Got a cigarette?

- Gotta have a smoke and a cup of coffee.

- Wait a minute.

They don't serve coffee there.

They just serve piss water.

I don't need to put up

with this sh*t. I'm a young woman.

Take a good look at me.

I'm a good-lookin'woman. I got nice tits.

Let's go.

Hello. Move along.

Move out of my way!

Hello.

Straight down the hallway.

Keep on.

Straight down the hallway.

Keep going, keep going.

Come on. Step along.

- Bianca O'Blivion?

- Yes.

I'm Max Renn. I, uh -

I run Civic TV.

I did a panel show with Prof. O'Blivion.

The Rena King Show.

Oh, yes. You said some

very superficial things.

Violence, sex, imagination, catharsis.

- My exact words.

- What do you want?

I wanna talk with your father...

about a new twist in video

that he may not be aware of.

I love the view.

You look like them,

like one of Father's derelicts.

Think it's a style that's coming back.

In their case, Mr. Renn,

it's not a style.

It's a disease forced on them by their

lack of access to the cathode ray tube.

You think a few doses ofTV

are gonna help them?

Watching TVwill help patch them

back into the world's mixing board.

Absolutely.

And I guess you encourage Father's derelicts

to make home movies?

The world's mixing board?

Professor O'Blivion sends video letters

all over the world.

- Is the Professor here?

- I am my father's screen.

Once you've told me what this visit is all

about, he may choose to send you a cassette.

If he does, which format

would you like?

If he does, it's gonna

make conversation a little difficult.

My father has not engaged in conversation

for at least 20 years.

The monologue

is his preferred mode of discourse.

Format.

Videodrome.

Is that a Japanese configuration?

- You've never heard of it?

- No.

Then there have been serious gaps

in your education.

Videodrome.

Mention it to your father.

He may want to have a conversation.

I love the view.

Torture, murder, mutilation.

Videodrome.

What you see on that show...

it's for real.

I'm gonna audition.

I was made for that show.

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David Cronenberg

David Paul Cronenberg, CC OOnt FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker, actor and author. Cronenberg is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or visceral horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. His films have won numerous awards, including the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his film Crash (1996). more…

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