Videodrome
First screened in May 2000 / Most recently screened in January 2012
Director: David Cronenberg. Cast: James Woods, Les Carlson, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Sonja Smits, Lynne Gorman, Jack Creley. Screenplay: David Cronenberg. Twitter Capsule:
Many scenes and images pulse with occult prescience. Woods is super. But ideas feel choked, impacted. Too thesis-like?
VOR:⑤
As influential of media theorists as it is of other movies. A watershed for a major auteur and a brazen, more-than-timely statement.
