VIDEODROME (1983) - [35mm] - GRINDFEST FILM FESTIVAL SINGLE TICKET

Dirt In The Gate Movies Presents GRINDFEST – VIDEODROME (1983) - [35mm]

Directed by David Cronenberg
Starring James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits

1983 | 90m | USA | (18) | 1.85:1 | Mono

“You'll forgive me if I don't stay around to watch. I just can't cope with the freaky stuff.”

Last year, David Cronenberg’s THE FLY wowed the GRINDFEST crowd, this year we’re delighted to bring another of his timeless classics to the festival.

Amoral TV station president Max Renn, on a constant quest to find boundary-pushing new content, is exposed to hyper-violent imagery via an illicit broadcast channel. Instantly enamoured by the footage, he becomes obsessed with finding its source. As he watches more and delves deeper into the underground world that controls the footage, his sense of reality begins to warp, and disturbing hallucinations manifest in the flesh. Is Renn losing his mind or experiencing the next step in human and technological evolution? Cronenberg’s graphic body-horror is on full display as he explores the melding of technology and human biology.

Introduction by Professor Stacey Abbott, Northumbria University.

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