VIDEODROME (4K)

Max Renn hat sich in der Welt des Kabelfernsehens eine kleine Nische geschaffen, von der er leben kann. Provozieren um jeden Preis, das ist sein Motto, und er schreckt weder vor Pornographie noch vor Gewalt zurück. Eines Tages entdeckt einer seiner Mitarbeiter einen Piratensender, dessen Programm ihn fasziniert: der Sender “Videodrome” zeigt immer den selben Raum, in dem sadomasochistische Spielchen gefilmt und ins Fernsehnetz eingespeist werden. Auch die Freundin von Max, Nicky, will mehr über den geheimnisvollen Sender wissen, und macht sich auf die Suche...

Cronenberg's Statement zu den Themen gewalttätige Bilder und radikal subjektive Narrative in Videodrome:

“With Videodrome I wanted to posit the possibility that a man exposed to violent imagery would begin to hallucinate. I wanted to see what it would be like, in fact, if what the censors were saying would happen, did happen. […] But there is the suggestion that the technology involved in Videodrome is specifically designed to create violence in a person; we know that by the use of electrodes in certain areas in the brain you can trigger off a violent, fearful response without regard to other stimulants. […] Our own personal reception of reality is the only one we’ll accept. Even if you’re going mad, it’s still your reality. […] I feel that Max ultimately manages to manipulate this new reality he finds himself in to seek his own equilibrium again. […] People in prison camps, or people subjected to all kinds of psychological and physical torture are constantly trying to rebalance themselves. There is an innate balance that wants to be expressed.”