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Videodrome (1983)
Dr. David Scott DiffrientSPCM 358: Gender and Genre in Film
(HISTORY AND THEORY OF CINEMATIC HO
(not for use without written permissio
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Videodromeis a first-person film(according to Cronenberg):
We get no information that
Max doesnt get himself
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We get no information that
Max doesnt get himself
The film moves far beyond the conventions
of identificatory protagonist-oriented
narrative to a submersion in the central
characters increasingly fevered and
disconnected hallucinations (William Beard)
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It is not just Max Renn whobecomes delirious, boundaryless,
fantastically beset it is the film
The film moves far beyond the conventions
of identificatory protagonist-oriented
narrative to a submersion in the central
characters increasingly fevered and
disconnected hallucinations (William Beard)
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How does the film begin
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Wh
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summarize the films story
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Max Renn, CEO of Civic T
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Nicky Brand
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Harlan
Brian OBlivion,
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Barry Convex,
the head of Spectacular
a media philosopher
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Stereo(1969)
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Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg
Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)
Stereo(1969)
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)
a.k.a. Orgy of the Blood Par
a.k.a. The Parasite Murde
Stereo(1969)i f h
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)
a.k.a. Orgy of the Blood Par
a.k.a. The Parasite Murde
Stereo(1969)C i f h F (1970)
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)
Stereo(1969)C i f th F t (1970)
horror i
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)
with thf
Stereo(1969)C i f th F t (1970)
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)The Dead Zone (1983)The Fly (1986)Dead Ringers (1988)
Naked Lunch (1991)M. Butterfly (1993)Crash(1996)eXistenZ(1999)
after Videodrome, a critical Cronenshowcasing monstrous, predatory
Stereo(1969)Crimes of the F t re (1970)
Which moments stand out for the
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)The Dead Zone (1983)The Fly (1986)Dead Ringers (1988)
Naked Lunch (1991)M. Butterfly (1993)Crash(1996)eXistenZ(1999)
after Videodrome, a critical Cronenshowcasing monstrous, predatory
Stereo(1969)Crimes of the Future (1970)
Which moments stand out for the
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)The Dead Zone (1983)The Fly (1986)Dead Ringers (1988)
Naked Lunch (1991)M. Butterfly (1993)Crash(1996)eXistenZ(1999)
Are these moments unnecessarily excessiOr are they central and essential to the
Stereo(1969)Crimes of the Future (1970)
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)The Dead Zone (1983)The Fly (1986)Dead Ringers (1988)
Naked Lunch (1991)M. Butterfly (1993)Crash(1996)eXistenZ(1999)
horror as a constructa monstrous patriarch
Stereo(1969)Crimes of the Future (1970)
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)The Dead Zone (1983)The Fly (1986)Dead Ringers (1988)
Naked Lunch (1991)M. Butterfly (1993)Crash(1996)eXistenZ(1999)
horror as a constructa monstrous patriarch
Stereo(1969)Crimes of the Future (1970)
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)The Dead Zone (1983)The Fly (1986)Dead Ringers (1988)
Naked Lunch (1991)M. Butterfly (1993)Crash(1996)eXistenZ(1999)
horror as a constructa monstrous patriarch
Stereo(1969)Crimes of the Future (1970)
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Crimes of the Future (1970)Shivers(1975)Rabid(1977)Fast Company (1979)
The Brood (1979)Scanners(1981)Videodrome(1983)The Dead Zone (1983)The Fly (1986)Dead Ringers (1988)
Naked Lunch (1991)M. Butterfly (1993)Crash(1996)eXistenZ(1999)Spider(2002)A History of Violence (2005)
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Videodromeis a film of both bodies and
In terms of the films conceptual or philoscontent, which themes stood out as being t
profound or thought-provoking? Have thos
been broached in other horror films
the films political message/commenta
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helpless private individuals are being manipulapredatory corporate forces under conditions of
technological penetrations and colonization (Will
the media is ubiquitously intrusive, threatening
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helpless private individuals are being manipulapredatory corporate forces under conditions of
technological penetrations and colonization (Will
the media is ubiquitously intrusive, threatening
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the unified subject/self is revealed to be a false con
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Videodromeis a film of both bodies and
In terms of the films conceptual or philoscontent, which themes stood out as being t
profound or thought-provoking? Have thos
been broached in other horror films
in Scannersand powerf
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ConSec, is emilitary anddevelopmeconspirator
in Scannersand powerf
i
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ConSec, is emilitary anddevelopmeconspirator
a sinister flarge-scale engineering
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