27 quotes
The Nature of Hallucinations
Max Renn
Have you been hallucinating lately?
Harlan
No. Should I be?
Max Renn
Yes, you should be.
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The Intersection of Reality and Illusion
Brian O'Blivion
Max, I'm so glad you've came to me. I've been through it all myself you see. Your reality is already half video hallucination. If you're not careful, it will become total hallucination. You'll have to learn to live in a very strange new world... I had a brain tumour and I had visions. I believe the visions cause the tumour and not the reverse. I can feel the visions coalsce and become flesh. Uncontrollable flesh. But when they removed the tumour, it was called Videodrome. I was the-- I... I... was... Videodrome's... first victim...
Max Renn
Who's behind it? What do they want?
Nicki Brand
I want you, Max. You.
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Head in the Box
Harlan
Your head, we have you head in the box.
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Motivation Beyond Money in Collaboration
Harlan
I don't work with you for the money.
Max Renn
I know that. With pirates, it's never just for the money, is it?
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Perception Shapes Our Reality
Prof. Brian O'Blivion
After all, there is nothing real outside our perception of reality, is there? You can see that, can't you?
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The Essence of Video as Flesh
Max Renn
I am the video word made flesh.
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A Shocking New Vision Emerges
Taglines
A shocking new vision.
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Embrace Transformation Over Destruction in Videodrome
Max Renn
Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh!
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Exploring the Concept of Bioelectrical Addiction
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Videodrome is a bioelectrical addiction. Videodrome is the ultimate addiction.
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A Vision of Enormous Impact
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A vision of enormous impact!
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The Debate on Reality in Videodrome
Masha
Videodrome. What you see on that show, it's for real. It's not acting. It's... snuff TV.
Max Renn
I don't believe it.
Masha
So... don't believe.
Max Renn
Why do it for real? It's easier and safer to fake it.
Masha
Because it has something... that you don't have, Max. It has a philosophy, and that is what makes it dangerous.
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Avoiding Unsettling Experiences
Barry Convex
You'll forgive me if I don't stay around to watch. I just can't cope with freaky stuff.
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Exploring Morality in Media Consumption
Barry Convex
Why would anybody watch a scum show like Videodrome? Why did you watch it, Max?
Max Renn
Business reasons.
Barry Convex
Sure, sure... what about the other reasons? Why deny you get your kicks out of watching torturing and murder?
Max Renn
You murdered O'Blivion, didn't you, you freak? Did you enjoy that?
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The Mystery of Harlan's Box
Harlan
* After Renn asks about the content of a box Harlan is closing inside the Spectacular Optics shop
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A New Form of Terror Unleashed
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A terrifying new weapon.
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Exploring the Themes of Videodrome
Quotes about Videodrome
* David Cronenberg
[http://bombmagazine.org/article/1160/david-cronenberg]
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Mind Control and Body Destruction
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First it controls your mind... then it destroys your body.
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The Influence of Television on Identity
Prof. Brian O'Blivion
The television screen has become the retina of the mind's eye. That's why I refuse to appear on television, except on television. Of course, O'Blivion was not the name I was born with. That's my television name. Soon all of us will have special names, names designed to cause the cathode ray tube to resonate.
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Exploring the Themes of Videodrome
Quotes about Videodrome
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The Dreamlike Nature of Filmmaking
Quotes about Videodrome
I was once on a talk show with a psychiatrist who worked at the Clark Institute with criminals. He had seen my film, Videodrome and said to me, “I’m almost afraid to be sitting here next to you.” He was totally mystified as to how I could empathize with those states of mind and he obviously, could not. It is mostly intuitive with me. One of the reasons I make a movie is that I’m then in a position where I have to analyze and I enjoy that process.*My images come out of the process of making film. I do really think that movies work on the level of dream logic. However realistic or narrative they might like to think they are, they are dreamlike.
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Television's Impact on Human Perception and Morality
Quotes about Videodrome
The movie goes into more than the relatively simple issue of morality, like the ways in which television does alter us physically. It's what ] was talking about — TV as an extension of our nervous systems and our senses.
[[Marshall McLuhan]
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Survival in a Toughening World
Harlan
North America's getting soft, padrone. And the rest of the world is getting tough. Very, very tough. We're entering savage new times, and we're going to have to be pure... and direct... and strong... if we're gonna survive them. Now, you and this, uh, cesspool you call a television station... and, uh, your people who wallow around in it... and, uh, your viewers... who watch you do it— you're rotting us away from the inside. We intend to stop that rot.
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Caution: A Warning About Unexpected Consequences
Max Renn
Careful... it bites.
[handing Bianca the videotape]
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The Transformation of Flesh and Mind
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First it controlled her mind, then it destroyed her body... Long live the new flesh!
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Mutual Knowledge and Recognition in Relationships
Barry Convex
You know me and I sure know you, everyone.
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A Conversation About Videodrome
Max Renn
Do you know a show called Videodrome?
Masha
Video-what?
Max Renn
Videodrome. Like "video circus", "video arena". Do you know it?
Masha
No.
Max Renn
It's just torture and murder. No plot, no characters. Very, very realistic. I think it's what's next.
Masha
Then God help us.
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Television as Reality: A Battle for Minds
Prof. Brian O'Blivion
The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena — the videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore television is reality, and reality is less than television.
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