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Movie Reviews of Videodrome
Movie Review: A GREAT FILM! NOT FOR EVERYONE
Summary: 5 Stars
...ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY
5 STARS/ DVD
Summary: Soon, we will all have "special names"
I was just thinking about Brian O'Blivion's first scene in this movie. He explains that "O'Blivion" is not the name he was born with, that it's his "television name," then goes on to predict that "soon, we will all have "special names."
Now, 17 years later, how many of us are now divided into cubicles, staring at a screen, using our "special names"? Of course "Mr Pants" is not my real name, it's my internet name ...
Had Cronenberg been able to forsee the advent of the Web, he could have made some very interesting insights about it with Videodrome. But in some ways I think I appreciate it more without its connections. Its dated aspects only serve to make it seem all the more prophetic.
Movie Review: long live the new flesh!(j/k)
Summary: 5 Stars
Cronenberg has a real way with film, the fades in and out of hallucinations in this film were beyond belief. Great testament to the fear that rival underground factions will develop an undetectable means of controlling and mutating people in order to get the edge in their games. The best expression of my opinion comes from Woods' supposed technical assistant when the truth about his role in things is revealed. We ARE getting soft, and the rest of the world IS getting a whole lot tougher. This is a film for anyone who worries about the future, even beyond their own demise. If you are not sure about this one, just give it a try. You will have a hard time trying to find this for rent anywhere, so have an open mind and let this nightmare seep in.Movie Review: Cronenberg's masterpiece not given enough justice
Summary: 5 Stars
This film, like many of Cronenberg's, was way ahead its time. I think the other reviews give it plenty of credit, however I wish to warn any potential buyers that there are more "complete" versions of this film in circulation. Like many of Cronenberg's celluloid, it fell under the knife. This is the re-released "uncut" version, but there is almost 30 minutes of additional footage out there, much of which has been seen on cable TV and foreign bootlegs. There are scenes which take the storyline even farther into madness/TV un-reality, which enhance the perceived confusion immensely. This film really deserves Criterion treatment.Movie Review: Prophet of the modern age . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
It is impossible to watch this film and walk away the same. One only has to transpose the mediums used circa 1983 (Television names, cathode ray) with their modern counterparts (usernames, plasma screen) to understand that this film is just as relevant to the electric playground in which we live now as it was then - if not moreso.Cronenberg is bloody brilliant. First time I sat at watched this film near the end of the 80s it took me a few weeks to stop thinking about it. Watching it again from the mid 90s onward, it has lost none of it's impact. It has, in fact, gained momemntum in the twenty-first century.
LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH
Movie Review: Very interesting
Summary: 5 Stars
I can safely say that this may be the best science fiction film ever. Now, that is alot of commitment but you have to see the movie to truly understand the experiance. True, it will never rival Naked Lunch, but it is fascinating in its own uniqueness. I have honestly never seen anything at all like this. Of course, all of Cronenberg's movies are different in their own respect.This aside of Crash, is Cronenberg's most visually disturbing movie. With all the gory effects, it makes the bathtub scene in The Dead Zone seem petty. if you rent this movie, do it on a relatively empty stomach.