The Prescient Technophobia of Videodrome

The Prescient Technophobia of Videodrome - Cineccentric

A true masterpiece that unites his characteristically grotesque body horror with one of the most thoughtfully direct meditations on how technology disfigures ...

The prescient analog nightmare of Videodrome - The Dissolve

In 1983, David Cronenberg offered a vision of technology fused with biology that now looks eerily familiar.

Videodrome - Cineccentric

The Prescient Technophobia of Videodrome. Since his very first feature ... eXistenZ: A Game Everybody is Already Playing. David Cronenberg's 1999 science ...

'Videodrome': The Screenwriting of Technological Horror | Medium

'Videodrome': The Screenwriting of Technological Horror · David Cronenberg's “Videodrome” (1983) stands as a masterwork in crafting psychological ...

Why Videodrome feels more relevant today than ever

“Since I see technology as being an extension of the human body, it's inevitable that it should come home to roost.” David Cronenberg was ...

David Cronenberg's Prophetic Videodrome | Futurism - Vocal Media

Videodrome is the best movie ever made about Facebook. What felt “vaguely futuristic” about it in 1983 is prescient today: technology and media are ever ...

Videodrome at 40: David Cronenberg's singular tech horror remains ...

The boundary-pushing auteur asks how far is too far in a smart and slimy film about sadomasochism and the potential dangers of technology.

Long live 'Videodrome,' the prescient cult classic screening at ...

Technology in Videodrome feels like everything it could be at once. David Cronenberg's 1983 surreal mishmash of science fiction and ...

Videodrome: Make Mine Cronenberg - The Criterion Collection

This exploration of how technology alters its users was not only prophetic but a personal artistic breakthrough for David Cronenberg.

Videodrome | Larsen On Film

... technology become one. If Netflix soon offers streaming eye lenses ... Written and directed by David Cronenberg, Videodrome was certainly prescient ...

David Cronenberg's Prophetic Vision of The War on the Media in ...

Videodrome is a brilliant satire on the dangers of mass media. Cronenberg's skepticism of technology's ability to reach massive numbers of people is a ...

Cult Media: The Stunning Prescience Of 1983's VIDEODROME In ...

This cult classic is many things– a technological body horror staple, a psychosexual thriller, and even by some, a cyberpunk touchstone. The ...

Our Video Reality: Shock Treatment and Videodrome

Now, in 2021, these movies feel like hauntingly accurate predictions of the digital social media age, a time when technology has indeed trapped ...

VIDEODROME: Its Prescience Still Reaches Beyond The Screen

Videodrome is notable for its singular take on physical transformation and transcendence through technology. Other science fiction films ...

How David Cronenberg's Videodrome Predicted the Future of Tech!

David Cronenberg's 1983 film had a lot to say about the future of technology and media...and interestingly enough, he was pretty close on a ...

40 Years Ago, David Cronenberg Made His Most Prescient Sci-fi Film

Like many of Cronenberg's movies, the relationship between technology and humanity portrayed in Videodrome isn't insurmountably cynical. On ...

McLuhan Salon #4: The Digital Unconscious in Videodrome & Beyond

Part of the McLuhan Salon series, the conversation will explore techno-surrealism, which seeks to draw out the prescient aspects of the film.

Revisiting the Social Criticism of Videodrome in the Internet Era

Against the backdrop of the current resurgence of concepts relating to media specificity and technological determinism, it highlights the relevance of ...

Videodrome: How Technology Warps Our Perception of Reality

The Spectacular Optical Corporation also use television signals to serve their own ends, being the producers of the Videodrome signal. This ...

Some thoughts on Videodrome after rewatching it… : r/TrueFilm

Oh, also in regards to the VR headset bit. The film's take on the evolution of media technology and how it further removes one from reality.