http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/08/11/videodrome/ The Darkest Corner of the Web Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:29:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/08/11/videodrome/#comment-713 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:20:51 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/08/11/videodrome/#comment-713 Good point, I never thought about the similarities to Phillip K Dick's work. I've been fasctinated for a long time with this kind of material and Videodrome was one of the things that initiated that fascination. I'm glad you picked up the Criterion set too, as it really can't be beaten and effort like that deserves consumer support. Good point, I never thought about the similarities to Phillip K Dick’s work. I’ve been fasctinated for a long time with this kind of material and Videodrome was one of the things that initiated that fascination. I’m glad you picked up the Criterion set too, as it really can’t be beaten and effort like that deserves consumer support.

]]> http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/08/11/videodrome/#comment-711 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:24:41 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/paulwjm/2007/08/11/videodrome/#comment-711 Funny, I was looking at my dvd shelf the other night and picked up this Criterion Videodrome, thinking I should watch it again sometime soon. Your fine review has just reinforced that idea. I think this is one of Cronenberg's finest films, and James Woods, though he would later be involved in some very fine films, never lived up to the promise of this film. His Max Wren was a great anti-hero, a real, complex character. I often wonder what his Rick Deckard would have been like had he been cast in Blade Runner. No doubt that springs to mind as this is such a Phillip K Dick-ian kind of movie. They don't make films like this anymore. Funny, I was looking at my dvd shelf the other night and picked up this Criterion Videodrome, thinking I should watch it again sometime soon. Your fine review has just reinforced that idea. I think this is one of Cronenberg’s finest films, and James Woods, though he would later be involved in some very fine films, never lived up to the promise of this film. His Max Wren was a great anti-hero, a real, complex character. I often wonder what his Rick Deckard would have been like had he been cast in Blade Runner. No doubt that springs to mind as this is such a Phillip K Dick-ian kind of movie. They don’t make films like this anymore.

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