Videodrome was a pivotal film in deciding the future direction of david cronenbergs career, edging him more towards mainly intimate personal projects with the occasional commercial feature like the dead zone thrown in. Videodrome, videodoromu is the stand of leone abbacchio from the 37th universe, featured in the light novel jorge joestar. The astrologer director james glickenhaus feature debut. Arrow videos limited edition bluray numbering 3,000 units sold out within days of release, though there will likely be a reissue in the near future including the extensive supplementary features but excluding the stereo and crimes of the future films and a 100 page hardback book which contains writing from brad stevens on the alternate versions of. This is probably my most watched cronenberg film, having seen it in about 4 times from start to finish. Videodrome by david cronenberg david cronenberg, james. The main influence of television as a technology has perhaps never been explored more perfectly than in david cronenbergs 1983 film, videodrome. Videodrome first appeared on blu ray in the uk at the tail end of 2011 courtesy of universal pictures and was a problematic release to say the least. Videodrome limited mediabook edition at import bluray film. Rocking blondie frontwoman debbie harry plays maxs girlfriend, nicky brand, who pulls him deeper into videodromes orbit. Marc walkow joins veteran criterion producer karen stetler in the disc credits.
Comes with a 36page booklet featuring an essay by film critic carrie rickey, excerpts from a book on videodrome by film critic and publisher tim lucas, and a new essay by novelist and culture critic gary indiana. The film was released on dvd by the criterion collection on august 31, 2004, and their bluray edition was released on. She died on november 1, 1989 in toronto, ontario, canada. All in all, its a stupendous package and one of the best cronenberg editions to date. Cronenberg was able to foretell our electronic evolution, the quasieucharistic way we taste and see the internet. Videodrome is what happens when a selfdescribed existentialist atheist channels mcluhan but makes mcluhans catholicinfused media analysis more secular and raw. Videodrome is core science fiction in which director david cronenberg truly hit his pace as an innovator of bizarre intellectual concepts. Videodrome limited mediabook edition 3 disc blu ray koch media, 2012. Overseen by special effects maestro michael lennick are plentiful behindthescenes docus and galleries, accompanied by interviews, commentaries. Restored high definition digital transfer of the unrated version, approved by director david cronenberg and cinematographer mark irwin audio commentary by tim lucas, the onset correspondent for cinefantastique magazine and author of videodrome. The bountiful roster of extras sprawls across two discs. Aug 30, 2015 arrow videos limited edition bluray numbering 3,000 units sold out within days of release, though there will likely be a reissue in the near future including the extensive supplementary features but excluding the stereo and crimes of the future films and a 100 page hardback book which contains writing from brad stevens on the alternate versions of this film and justin humphreys who. There are also six collectors postcards tucked away inside the case.
Scifi, horror filmmaker david cronenbergs scanners diabolical invader is a television show that seduces and controls its viewers. Although the film is dated by the fact it centres around a now obsolete technology videotape the themes seem perhaps even more prescient in the age of the. The disc offered no extras whatsoever, appeared be based on a dated hd master that was cut, and showed signs of excessive dnr and edge enhancement. In the wake of horror films the brood, scanners, videodrome and the fly, david cronenberg directed the highly controversial film crash, an adaptation of j. Featuring rock star deborah harry in her first major film as a kinky hostess, james woods as a cable programmer looking for the ultimate in viewing thrills, and special makeup effects by oscar winner rick baker an american werewolf in london, star wars. I was then informed it did not qualify for media mail because the post office has now decided dvdscdsblurays are not media. Last week we uncovered that criterion was in fact prepared to finally release david cronenbergs videodrome on bluray on december 7th. Crying freeman le mediabook dvd bluray all region this brian yuzna production, based on the cult japanese magna of the same name has never been released in any format in the us, but available here in a beautiful 2 disc edition. Guillermo del toros cronos, david cronenbergs videodrome on bluray, and the bbs box set on dvd by ryan gallagher here we are with the last criterion collection new release announcement for 2010, and there are a couple amazing releases to talk about. Into darkness hoffnungstrager gewinnspiel post the last boy scout uk.
Videodrome special edition criterion collection 2 discs. Also included is an extensive, very attractive hardbound book with profuse illustrations and essays by justin humphreys, brad stevens, caelum vatnsdal, and relevant snippets from the book cronenberg on cronenberg. Cronenberg makes the horror exploitation genre communicate ideas difficult to get across in doctoral papers about the media scape. Criterions exhaustive bluray special edition of videodrome looks better than original universal prints from 1983.
Bluray b germany koch media no cuts includes the directors cut 88. Lynne gorman was born on february 16, 1920 in vancouver, british columbia, canada as evelyn alice minter. Criterion upgrades its dvd release of naked lunch with this bluray, which includes interesting features such as naked making lunch, a 1992 documentary about how this unfilmable book adaptation was made. Videodrome special edition mit fsk 16freigabe im september 2018. The 1983 cult classic, which still feels as relevant today as it did upon its initial release, comes to limited edition bluray and dvd on 17 th august 2015. Arrow video announce limited edition dual format release. Eureka koch media lfg mgm mill creek entertainment second sight sf studio hamburg studiocanal turbine medien universal wicked vision x rated xcess xt video. Videodrome is a film that made a serious impact on two of the writers on this site. Cronenberg, in total control of his often tricky material, masterfully manipulates the film, creating a dreadsoaked criticism of media, voyeurism, and psychological horrors that would give alfred hitchcock nightmares.
Arrow video announce limited edition dual format release of. Koch media are releasing cronenbergs videodrome 1983. Here we are with the last criterion collection new release announcement for 2010, and there are a couple amazing releases to talk about. Videodrome by david cronenberg david cronenberg, james woods. It resembles moody blues and materializes recent events that have happened to someone into a watchable, interactive hologram. William burroughs seminal book needs no introduction, and cronenbergs film holds up well on its own. Back in 2010 criterion upgraded their already seminal 2disc dvd set of videodrome to blu ray with thankfully flying colors. The mediabook will include the unrated directors cut and the rrated theatrical version on bluray, the unrated directors cut on dvd, and a second dvd with bonus material. The disc presents a theatrically correct widescreen 1. Dec 07, 2010 this is another staggeringly packaged release from the folks at arrow. Uncannily predicting the state of media entertainment and the effect.
Jun 25, 2019 the main influence of television as a technology has perhaps never been explored more perfectly than in david cronenbergs 1983 film, videodrome. This is the last of the amazon preorder announced titles that forced criterion to reveal their. Director christope gans brotherhood of the wolf brings us this nonstop martial arts action film that remains. I can guage this by the memory of the first vhs video letter that camus sent me, many years ago, which he opened with a recreation of the films main title, done i believe on a commodore 64 more on that later, having filmed the screen and created the films brief picture breakup by jiggling the. Arrow films version region b locked i already own the criterion blu ray which was released a few years ago now. Sep 15, 2010 december 2010 criterion collection titles announced. See more ideas about film posters, horror movies and movie posters. Videodrome comes to bluray with a firstclass 1080pavc mpeg4 encode and presented in its original 1. Arrow video announce limited edition dual format release of david cronenbergs videodrome july 20, 2015 bat news 0 arrow video have announced the uk bluray and dvd release of david cronenbergs visually audacious and stunningly disorienting videodrome, which sees the director exploring dangerous sexuality and technological obsessions.
Cronenberg makes the horror exploitation genre communicate ideas difficult to get across in doctoral papers about the mediascape. I can guage this by the memory of the first vhs video letter that camus sent me, many years ago, which he opened with a recreation of the films main title, done i believe on a commodore 64 more on that later, having filmed the screen and created the films brief picture breakup by jiggling the connection. This is another staggeringly packaged release from the folks at arrow. Before virtual reality and the matrix there was videodrome, the 1982 film that catapulted director david cronenbergs status from interesting cult icon to seriously heady filmmaker. Back in 2010 criterion upgraded their already seminal 2disc dvd set of videodrome to bluray with thankfully flying colors. According the booklet inside, the transfer was created with the approval of cinematographer mark irwin and david cronenberg and taken from a 35mm interpositive using some mild digital noise reduction to clean up the picture. All manufacturers 20th century fox 8 films 84 entertainment anolis arrow cineploit cinestrange cmv laservision edition hande weg.
The hitcher 1986 original bluraydvd mediabook german import new. The influence of television in david cronenbergs videodrome. Imdb, the worlds most popular and authoritative source for movie, tv and celebrity content. Videodrome first appeared on bluray in the uk at the tail end of 2011 courtesy of universal pictures and was a problematic release to say the least. She was an actress, known for videodrome 1983, the nutcracker prince 1990 and upside townswingaround 1968. Visionary, apocalyptic and prescient, videodrome is a chinese box of a story replete with cronenbergs signature creepy eroticism and various fascinations with technology. The accompanying book explains that this is the same print that appears on the 2010 criterion bluray release supervised by cinematographer mark irwin and approved by director david cronenberg. Koch media filme bluray videodrome special edition, 1 blu.
He not only introduced the first fullyrealized virtual reality world in a movie, he did it with more dangerous ideas than had ever seen the light of a movie with major distribution. Jason nlimport blu ray videodrome atimport mediabook blu ray nur noch 60 sekunden blu ray star trek. Jun 26, 2019 in the wake of horror films the brood, scanners, videodrome and the fly, david cronenberg directed the highly controversial film crash, an adaptation of j. The bluray case fits into a slipcase alongside a hefty, perfectly bound book, replete with essays, production stills, and a twosided foldout poster. Videodrome tells the story of max renn played by james woods, executive at a controversial tv station out of canada. Monster squad bluray mediabook 3 disc limited edition region b new cover d. Max investigates further, and through a video by the media prophet brian oblivion, he learns that that tv screens are the retina of the minds eye, being part of the brain, and videodrome.
Featurette basterd in blood with bo svenson documentary mr. Arrow video have announced the uk bluray and dvd release of david cronenbergs visually audacious and stunningly disorienting videodrome, which sees the director exploring dangerous sexuality and technological obsessions. Arrow films version region b locked i already own the criterion bluray which was released a few years ago now. A sleazy cabletv programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control in a very unusual fashion when he acquires a new kind of programming for his station. Store forum usps says dvdsblu rays not media i was shipping a bluray and the postal employee asked if it was a dvd. Cronenberg employs his trademark body horror style to blood curdling effect as visual metaphor for the impact of media upon our lives and sense of reality. Vhs swedish sell thru kopkassett kapten corellis mandolin secondhand dvd format.
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