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and control hallucination...

to the point that it will

change human reality.

After all, there is nothing real...

outside our perception of reality...

is there?

You can see that, can't you?

- Max Renn?

- Yes.

Who is this?

Barry Convex would like to talk

to you about Videodrome.

I've got a car waiting

downstairs for you, sir.

Please direct your attention to

the television set in front of you, Mr. Renn.

Mr. Convex has recorded

a little introduction for you.

Hi, I'm Barry Convex,

Chief of Special Programs...

and I'd like to invite you

into the world of Spectacular Optical...

an enthusiastic global corporate citizen.

We make inexpensive glasses

for the Third World...

and missile guidance systems for NATO.

We also make Videodrome, Max...

and as I'm sure you know...

when it's ready for the marketplace,

things will never be quite the same again.

It can be a giant hallucination machine

and much, much more.

But it's not ready.

Those were test transmissions you picked up.

We thought nobody

could tap into them.

He's good, that Harlan.

Good pirate.

Well, now that you have...

I think we oughta have

a little talk, don't you?

I thought maybe... my place?

I hope you realize

you're playing with dynamite.

That's our spring line.

Top secret stuff.

I brought it with me for a trade show

here in town later this week.

Max Renn, I'm Barry Convex.

I -

I think that machinery

you're wearing is...

too much for the shape of your face.

Overwhelms you.

Try something more, uh, spidery...

more delicate.

Here she is.

This is our prototype.

This is the little number

that started it all.

Max...

I would like you

to try this on for size.

I would like to use this machine

to record one of your hallucinations now.

Then I would like to take that tape

back with me to home base for analysis.

Do I get to keep the copyright?

I mean, I'd hate to see it show up as

a Movie of the Week and not get paid for it.

Max, I'm trying to help you.

What makes you think

I need help, Barry?

None of our test subjects

has returned to... normality.

They're all in need

of intensive psychiatric care.

Now, you seem

to be functioning reasonably well...

so far.

I'd like to find out why...

and I think an analysis

of one of your hallucinations...

would be the right place to start.

Will it hurt?

It won't hurt you.

You might catch yourself

sliding in and out...

of a hallucinatory state

after this is all over.

If you do, just relax and enjoy it.

It'll soon go away.

But for now, I think that

you'll find a little S-and-M...

will be necessary to trigger off

a good, healthy series of hallucinations.

That's why our Videodrome show is so strange.

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