Videodrome [Limited Edition Dual Format Blu-ray + DVD]

Product Description

Max Renn (James Woods) is looking for fresh new content for his TV channel when he happens across some illegal S&M-style broadcasts called Videodrome. Embroiling his girlfriend Nicki (Debbie Harry) in his search for the source, his journey begins to blur the lines between reality and fantasy as he works his way through sadomasochistic games, shady organisations and body transformations stunningly realised by the Oscar-winning makeup effects artist Rick Baker.

Hailed by his contemporaries John Carpenter and Martin Scorsese as a genius, Videodrome, was Cronenberg's most mature work to date and still stands as one of his greatest.

LTD EDITION CONTENTS:

• High Definition digital transfers of the uncut version of Videodrome and four of Cronenberg's early works
• Original uncompressed mono audio tracks for all films
• Optional English subs for the deaf and hard of hearing for all films
• Limited Edition packaging, illustrated by Gilles Vranckx
• Limited Edition exclusive Extras

VIDEODROME - BLU-RAY DISC 1 + DVD DISC 2:

• Restored High Definition digital transfer of the unrated version, approved by director David Cronenberg and cinematographer Mark Irwin
• Audio commentary by Tim Lucas, the on-set correspondent for Cinefantastique Magazine and author of Videodrome: Studies in the Horror Film
• David Cronenberg & the Cinema of the Extreme - A documentary featuring interviews with Cronenberg, George A. Romero and Alex Cox on Cronenberg's cinema, censorship and the horror genre
• Forging the New Flesh - A documentary by filmmaker Michael Lennik on Videodrome's video and prosthetic make up effects
• Videoblivion - Brand new interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin
• Brand new interview with executive producer Pierre David
• AKA Jack Martin - Dennis Etchison, author of novelizations of Videodrome and The Fog, discusses Videodrome and his observations of Cronenberg's script
• The complete uncensored Samurai Dreams footage with commentary by Michael Lennick
• Helmet Test and Betamax - Two featureless by Michael Lennik on effects featured in the film
• Camera Cronenberg's short film starring Videodrome's Les Carlson
• Fear on Film - A round table discussion from 1982 with Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis and Mick Garris
• Deleted scenes from the TV version
• Promotional featurette with behind-the-scenes footage & interviews with Cronenberg, James Woods, Deborah Harry and Rick Baker
• Original theatrical trailer

DAVID CRONENBERG'S EARLY WORKS: BLU-RAY DISC 3 + DVD DISC 4 [LTD EDITION EXCLUSIVE]

• High Definition Blu-ray & Standard Definition DVD presentation of four Cronenberg films
• Transfer & From the Drain, Cronenberg's previously unavailable short films newly restored by the Toronto International Film Festival
• Stereo & Crimes of the Future - Cronenberg's early amateur feature films, shot in and around his university campus, prefiguring his later work's concerns with strange institutions as well as male/female separation (Dead Ringers) and ESP (Scanners). Newly restored from original lab elements
• Transfer the Future Author & critic Kim Newman discusses Cronenberg's early works

COLLECTOR'S BOOKLET [LTD EDITION EXCLUSIVE]

• A 100-page hardback book featuring new writing including Justin Humphreys on Videodrome in a modern context, Brad Stevens on the alternate versions, Caelum Vatnsdal on Cronenberg's early works, extracts from Cronenberg on Cronenberg featuring Cronenberg's reminiscences of getting started in filmmaking and shooting all the films in this collection, plus more, illustrated with original archive stills