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Basic Facts
- Date of Production: September - December 1983
- Opening: 4 February 1983
- Country of Origin: Canada
- Written and Directed by: David Cronenberg
- Filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario
- Music by: Howard Shore
- Total Budget: USD 5,952,000
- Alternate Tiltes: Zonekiller
Network Of Blood
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Cast & Characters
- Max Renn.. James Woods
- Nicki Brand . Deborah Harry
- Harlan ..Peter Dvorsky
- Barry Convex . Leslie Carlson
- Dr. Brian OBlivion Jack Creley
- Bianca OBlivionSonja Smits
- Masha Lynne Gorman
- Rena King .. Lally Cadeau
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Civic TV
- A sleazy Toronto UHF cable station (Channel 83, Cable 12)
- Cheap action movies, commercials and softcorepornography.
- Based on a real Canadian TV station CityTV
- Run by Max Renn and associates Moses and Raphael
- Renn constantly searches for more questionable contentin order to break through.
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Videodrome
- First found in the Image Accumulator (a piece of
military hardware that gave the test subjects
hallucinations, reality warping abilities and
eventually brain tumors.).- Invented by Dr OBlivion, misused by his
associates in a crypto-government conspiracy.
- Introduced to Renn by Harlan through a fakepirate broadcast of an eponymous ultra-violent
snuff TV show.
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The Conspiracy
The battle for the minds of the people of NorthAmerica will be fought in the video arenaVideodrome. - Dr. OBlivion
- The Goal: Selective elimination of politically andmorally unacceptable individuals from theAmerican society by induced brain cancer. Airing
the signal under a snuff TV show would ensurethat only people of questionable moral valueswould be exposed to it.
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Imagery
- MPAA rating: R
- Graphic depiction of violence, torture and
deviant sex practices
- Grotesque and disturbing images of
hallucinations
- Body Horror depiction of physical
mutations and abnormalities.
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Special Effects
- Special effects team led by Rick Baker
- Almost no CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery)
used in the movie.
- All of the special effects shot using mechanicalmodels built by Carpenters team.
- New flicker-free technology for filming theimages on the TV screen
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Music
- Composed by Howard Shore
- An eerie blend of orchestral and synthesizedsounds
- The sound gradually shifts from orchestral toelectronic to reflect Max Renns descent into
hallucination.
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Critical Reception & Awards
- Critically acclaimed despite poor box officeperformance
- Gross revenue: USD 2,120,439
- 8 Genie awards for Best Achievement inDirection
- CSC Award for Best Cinematography in a
Theatrical Feature- Novelization of the story by Dennis Etchinson
(Credited as Jack Martin)
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The End
Thank You for your attention.