Videodrome Page #5

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It has something

that you don't have, Max.

It has a philosophy,

and that is what makes it dangerous.

Hi. This is

your wake-up cassette...

and this came to the office

for you by courier.

- What did they say at CRAM?

- They said that Nicki Brand...

is definitely not

on assignment for them.

She had a month off coming.

She decided to take it now...

Don't touch that!

Jesus, Max, you scared me.

What the hell's wrong with you?

I don't know, man. I think I'm gettin',

like, a rash or somethin'.

- Uh -

- What?

Are you all right?

Bridey, I didn't mean to hit you.

Hit me?

You didn't hit me.

No? No.

No, I know I didn't hit you. I meant -

Do you want me to stay here?

- Uh -

- You look awful.

- Can I get you something?

- Uh, no, uh -

No, I'm just, uh -

Uh, I'm -

I'm exhausted.

I was in a deep sleep when you knocked...

and I guess I'm still not out of it.

I'll remember to set the timer.

Don't worry.

- You're sure? Are you sure?

- I'm sure. Yeah.

Thanks, Bridey.

Tomorrow.

Max, that other cassette

is from the office of Brian O'Blivion.

I promised

I'd hand-deliver it directly to you.

Will you call me

if you need me?

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.

Max.

I'm so glad you came to me.

I've been through it all

myself, you see.

Your reality is already

half video hallucination.

If you're not careful,

it will become total hallucination.

You'll have to learn to live

in a very strange new world.

I had a brain tumor...

and I had visions.

I believed the visions

caused the tumor...

and not the reverse.

I could feel the visions

coalesce and become flesh.

Uncontrollable flesh.

But when they removed the tumor...

it was called Videodrome.

I was the -

L- I...

was Videodrome's...

first victim.

But who's behind it?

What do they want?

I want you, Max.

You.

Come to me.

Come to Nicki.

Come on.

Don't make me wait.

Please.

I want you, Max.

You.

Come on.

Come on.

Come to me now.

Come to Nicki.

Don't keep me waiting.

Please.

Please.

Today Lady Luck

may smile on these four players...

and start them on the road

to $ 12,000-

We have a new group of people

coming in this afternoon...

- so tell the staff about that.

- All right. Good.

Exciting. Very lively.

Careful. It bites.

- You watched the cassette?

- Yeah.

- And?

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