Review of Videodrome (1983) by Romano C — 19 Oct 2010
This has got to be the most underrated film of all time.
It's intensity is on par with Cronenburg's other works, Dark City, Watchmen[novel] and The Matrix[first movie]. This is a masterpiece.
Guy gets stuck between a cult and a corporation, when it comes to the active use of media. Isn't that the entire concept of weaponized media[propaganda]?
It is used to brainwash everybody, but who is being scrubbed, for whatever reason, is determined by some confused distributor, who works for some altruistic, yet dubious mastermind, or a sinister mastermind.
And the real victims are the people who don't know the battle for their minds is raging!
And the end, Director never reveals if everything is not a lie or a hallucination. Just perfect ambiguity.
And James Woods, can act...I thought Family Guy was ripping on him. But they were trying to boost his career. This is now a ANOTHER tragic symbol of Media Industry.
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This review of Videodrome (1983) was written by Romano C on 19 Oct 2010.
Videodrome has generally received positive reviews.
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