Videodrome (1983; Dir.: David Cronenberg)
Canon Fodder Episode 39
Daniel and Corky put on their finest Canadian tuxedos to review James Woods in the body horror classic Videodrome. But did your hosts “open up to” Cronenberg’s vision, or were their torso tape players incompatible with the film’s McLuhan-inspired medium-is-the-message?
Elsewhere, Daniel offers his thoughts on the recent Marvel superhero movie Thunderbolts*.
VIDEODROME FACTS & FIGURES
Sight & Sound  2022 Critics Poll Ranking: #243 (tied)
World premiere: Feb. 4, 1983
IMDB synopsis: “A programmer at a Toronto TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.”
CLIPS & CLIPPINGS
Trailer for Videodrome
Torso tape player
Heart like a hand grenade
“Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh!”
NEXT EPISODE’S MOVIE
Army of Shadows (1969; Dir.: Jean-Pierre Melville)
IMDB synopsis: “An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.”
Our review of Army of Shadows comes out on June 24!
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