I really like the cold and obscure pictures and tones of this kind of soft science fiction movies in the 80s. It may be because the color reproduction of the video equipment at that time was not enough. The atmosphere and tones of the cyberpunk-style science fiction movies in the 90s may be deeply influenced by this period.
The plot of this movie may not be new at present, but as early as the age of using video tape as the medium, he began to reflect on the impact of media and virtual violent pornography on people. The director may not have imagined that the popularity of the Internet and mobile devices will make it more than 30 years later. The virtual pornographic violence that the movie fears becomes within reach.
The most shocking thing is the makeup and special effects of the movie. I have to admire the superb makeup technology of that era to make up for the shortcomings in the special effects, especially the twisted and swollen limbs and flesh and blood that can be seen everywhere in Cronenberg's movies. It is a test of the makeup team. technology. What left a deep impression was that the TV and video tapes were stirring like heartbeats and breathing in the movie, groaning as if there were blood vessels in the heart, calling us to sink into it.
The conspiracy theories in the movie are also very interesting. It turns out that videodrome is a tool used to clean up the social scum of watching pornographic and violent TV channels. So, virtual porn and violence are tools for people to vent and relieve pressure, or to kill their will and destroy people Of weapons? What is new flesh? Is it a more advanced value? There was a slight rush at the end of the film, which made me, a viewer with limited knowledge, feel a little confused.
Back to the present, with the popularity of the Internet and mobile devices, virtual violence and pornography have long been out of the shackles of video tapes, and are more communicative than ever before, but it does not seem that people are affected by it, as Cronenberg feared. Affect the growth of "brain tumors", become trance and indulge, or do we have been trapped in it but we don't know it?
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