Videodrome - presentation

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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.

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