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Sadomasochism | Suicide
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1984 | David
Best Cinematography in Theatrical Feature | 1984 | Mark
Best Achievement in Direction | 1984 | David
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role | 1984 | Sonja
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | 1984 | Peter
Best Screenplay | 1984 | David
Best Achievement in Cinematography | 1984 | Mark
Best Achievement in Art Direction | 1984 | Carol
Best Achievement in Film Editing | 1984 | Ronald
Budget 5,952,000 USD
Box Office Collection 2,120,439 USD
Three different endings were filmed. The ending used in the film was James Woods's idea.
David Tsubouchi, who appears here briefly as a Japanese porn dealer, later became a Minister in the Ontario provincial government. His appearance in this controversial film as a pornographer was exploited by the opposition.
David Cronenberg had to double James Woods for the scene in which Max Renn has a helmet put on his head because both were afraid to a point that he might be electrocuted by it.
The majority of the trailer was created with a Commodore 64 computer.
Among the scenes that were scripted but deleted was one where Max Renn's TV rises up out of his bathtub while showing an image. The crew had researched how to do this - there had been talk of having the actor IN the tub - and had come up with several solutions. One involved filling the tub with a clear fluid that was non-conductive, but that would have cost $25 a quart. The crew eventually decided to take a real TV and simply cover its insides with layers of waterproofing insulation. It worked - they dunked the TV into a swimming pool and found, to their astonishment, that TVs float due to the ultra-high vacuum inside the picture tube. The scene was axed just before it was to be filmed.
"Brian O'Blivion: The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena: the Videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore, television is reality, and reality is less than television."
"Max Renn: Death to Videodrome! Long live the new flesh!"
