Videodrome Review

Review of Videodrome (1983) by screenqueeen: 👍 4/5

Cronenberg literally projects his sexual ruminations on publicly regarded depraved acts as those synonymous with lust and desire by fetishistic enthusiasts bored with the normalcy of corporate sex. Hardly a unique theme for him but emerges as a perfect combination of the above picture set into a network of clandestine espionage focused on the mental or psychic imprisonment of others.

More interesting as an examination of abject masculine aggression towards feminine identity and the need to categorize based on assumption and appearance (something entertainment industries are extremely guilty of) and what could be considered a justified balancing of it based on the normalcy of its ferocity in "professional" environments. Almost prophetic casting with James Woods as the epitome of a sleazeball, and someone who would immediately put a gun into his newly formed orifice.