Review of Videodrome (1983) by Richard G — 29 Jul 2010
A paranoid thriller grounded in media paranoia, VIDEODROME defamiliarizes the public's passive intake of television, spinning it as insidious passive programming: lulling the brain so that it can be ripped from your possession, infiltrated, and eventually controlled.
We sculpt our lives via the images that we see on screen--for example I've never been in a police station, but because of TV I have a pretty darn good idea of what one looks like and I just roll with it--but these "life-makers" are programmed by the people at the top.
VIDEODROME is ceaselessly thought-provoking, though not necessarily so. It doesn't come across as heady or intellectual but is easily digestable which, in keeping with the film's content, makes the audience that much more susceptible to its message.
This review of Videodrome (1983) was written by Richard G on 29 Jul 2010.
Videodrome has generally received positive reviews.
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