Lowlife cable TV operator Max Renn discovers a ""snuff TV"" broadcast called Videodrome which is much more than it seems. It's an experiment that causes brain damage. Max is caught in the middle of the forces that created and the forces that want to control Videodrome his body itself turning into the ultimate weapon to fight them. Directed by David Cronenberg.
Combining the bio-horror elements of his earlier films whilst anticipating the technological themes of his later work, Videodrome exemplifies David Cronenberg's extraordinary talent for making both visceral and cerebral cinema. Max Renn (James Woods) is looking for fresh new content for his TV channel when he happens across some illegal S&M style broadcasts called Videodrome. Embroiling his girlfriend Nick (Deborah Harry) in his search for the source, his journey begins to blur the lines between reality and fantasy as he works his way through sadomasochistic games, shady organisations and body transformations stunningly realised by Oscar-winning makeup effects artist Rick Baker. Hailed by his contemporaries John Carpenter (he's better than all of us combined!) and Martin Scorsese (no one makes films like he does) as a genius, Videodrome was Cronenberg's most mature work to date and still stands as one of his greatest. Product Features Brand new 4K restorations from the original camera negative by Arrow Films of both the full-length director's cut and the US theatrical cut, approved by director David Cronenberg 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) Original lossless mono soundtrack Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Audio commentary by Tim Lucas, the on-set correspondent for Cinefantastique Magazine and author of Videodrome: Studies in the Horror Film David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme, a documentary featuring interviews with Cronenberg, George A. Romero and Alex Cox on Cronenberg's cinema, censorship and the horror genre Forging the New Flesh, a documentary by filmmaker Michael Lennick on Videodrome's video and prosthetic make up effects Fear on Film, a round table discussion from 1982 with Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis and Mick Garris The complete, uncensored Samurai Dreams footage with commentary by Michael Lennick Helmet-Cam Test and Why Betamax?, two featurettes by Michael Lennick on the film's effects The Making of David Cronenberg's Videodrome, a 1982 featurette by Mick Garris, with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Cronenberg, James Woods, Deborah Harry and Rick Baker Videoblivion, an interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin Pierre David on Videodrome, an interview with executive producer Pierre David AKA Jack Martin, an interview with Dennis Etchison, author of novelisations of Videodrome and The Fog, discussing Videodrome and his observations of Cronenberg's script Camera, Cronenberg's short film starring Videodrome's Les Carlson Pirated Signals: The Lost Broadcast, deleted and alternate scenes from the TV version Original trailers Image gallery Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx Illustrated 60-page collector's booklet featuring writing on the film by Justin Humphreys, Brad Stevens and Tim Lucas, extracts from Cronenberg on Cronenberg, and a brand new roundtable retrospective with critics Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Cerise Howard, Josh Nelson and Emma Westwood Foldout double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx Six double-sided, postcard-sized lobby card reproduction artcards
A diamond thief is wrongfully accused of murder and put on death row. A corrupt warden learns that the accused has a fortune of diamonds hidden in a secret place. In a race against time he tries to find out where the stones are while the ex-partner of the inmate learns about the scheme of the warden and tries to free his friend.
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