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Videodrome [videorecording (DVD)].

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Criterion Collection, c2004.

Reality television programs -- Drama.

Television broadcasting -- Drama.

Snuff films -- Drama.

Criterion collection 248.

Video Difference legacy collection.

Video Difference legacy collection (Dalhousie)

Alternate title:

David Cronbenberg's Videodrome [videorecording (DVD)]

Network of blood [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

2-disc director-approved special ed., unrated version.

2 videodiscs (89 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm.

A copy of this DVD was generously donated to Dalhousie University by DHX Media Ltd. as part of a shared Video Difference Collection between Dalhousie University and Halifax Public Libraries. PLEASE NOTE: As this DVD belongs to Dalhousie, it may be recalled for use in courses and therefore made temporarily unavailable for users of Halifax Public Libraries.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1983.

Special features: Disc 01: New high-definition digital transfer of the unrated version, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions ; two audio commentaries: David Cronenberg and director of photography Mark Irwin, and actors James Woods and Deborah Harry ; Camera (2000), a short film starring Videodrome's Les Carlson, written and directed by Cronenberg ; Disc 02: Forging the New Flesh, a new half-hour documentary featurette by filmmaker Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome's video and prosthetic makeup effects ; Effects Men, a new audio interview with special makeup effects creator Baker and video effects supervisor Lennick ; bootleg video: the complete footage of Samurai Dreams and seven minutes of transmissions from 'Videodrome,' presented in their original, unedited form with filmmaker commentary ; Fear on film, a 26-minute roundtable discussion from 1982 between filmmakers Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Mick Garris ; original theatrical trailers and promotional featurette ; stills galleries featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production photos, special effects makeup tests, and publicity photos ; PLUS, a 40-page booklet featuring an essay by film critic Carrie Rickey, excerpts from an unpublished book on Videodrome by film critic and publisher Tim Lucas, and a new essay by novelist and culture critic Gary Indiana.

1.85:1 aspect ratio. Enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs.

At head of container title: David Cronenberg's.

English (SDH) subtitles for the hearing impaired.

Universal ; Filmplan International Production ; produced by Claude Héroux ; written and directed by David Cronenberg.

James Woods, Sonja Smits and Deborah Harry with Peter Dvorsky, Les Carlson, Jack Creley, Lynne Gorman, Julie Khaner, Reiner Schwartz, David Bolt and Lally Cadeau.

"When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called 'Videodrome.' As he struggles to unearth the origins of the program, he embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games, and bodily transformation. Starring James Woods and Deborah Harry, in one of her first film roles, Videodrome is one of writer/director David Cronenberg's most original and provocative works, fusing social commentary with shocking elements of sex and violence. With groundbreaking special effects makeup by Academy Award-winner Rick Baker, Videodrome has come to be regarded as one of the most influential and mind-bending science fiction films of the 1980s."--Container.

Canadian films.

Science fiction films.

Cyberpunk films.

Dystopian films.

Surrealist films.

Psychological thriller films.

Satirical films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Cronenberg, David, 1943-

Woods, James, 1947-

Smits, Sonja, 1958-

Criterion Collection (Firm)

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