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Videodrome (1983)

Film
DirectorDavid Cronenberg
Meta takes4

Figures

Objects & symbols
  • The fusion of Max's hand with his pistol, creating the flesh-gun
Locations
  • The film's bleak, sterile, and anonymous urban setting (Toronto)
Tropes
  • The merging of Max's hallucinations with physical reality
  • The vaginal slit that develops on Max Renn's stomach → The Abject
  • Max Renn's physical and perceptual transformations under the Videodrome signal's influence → Affective Contagion
  • The interface between Max's body and media technology (VCR, TV, pistol)
  • Brian O'Blivion's existence as a library of pre-recorded videotapes
  • The uncontrollable growth of new organs and tumors within Max's body → The Body without Organs
  • The concept and final incantation of "the new flesh"
  • The television screen becoming flesh (Nicki's lips, pulsating surface) → Haptic Visuality
  • The Videodrome signal as a biological agent or virus
  • The experience of watching the Videodrome broadcast

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