Review of Videodrome (1983) by David L — 02 Jun 2016
Television is a very dangerous device...it can be harmful to one's physical and mental health. This idea fuels the insanity that is David Cronenberg's Videodrome. Max Renn is a sleazy television producer in search of the best in underground video: the more violent and sexual, the better in Max's tastes.
Soon, he discovers the strange station of "Videodrome" and becomes entranced with it; he searches like a drug addict to find where this signal comes from even as the danger and the insanity delve further into his world and state of mind.
Cronenberg masterfully crafts a story where the conspiracy reaches out and gets to the mind of the audience: the more we let technology run our lives, the more we become slaves to the technocratic beasts.
Reality is thrown out the window as Max and the audience constantly struggle with what is real and what is hallucinations; the more Max becomes addicted to Videodrome the stranger his perception of reality gets.
After viewing Videodrome, you'll never look at your TV or VCR the same way again.
This review of Videodrome (1983) was written by David L on 02 Jun 2016.
Videodrome has generally received positive reviews.
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