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videodrome
director: david cronenberg
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| Debbie Harry, James Woods, and Canada's most notorious filmmaker collaborate on this 1980 cult classic about the head of a tv station who finds the pirate signal to a porn channel involving torture and ultimately mind control. Maybe it was groundbreaking at the time, but its commentary about medium, message, desensitization and consumption seems dated if quaint. |
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reviewed by: adina |
November 2004 [link] |
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fight club
director: david fincher
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| This DVD is the reason my player "fell" off the truck in the first place. This 2 disk set is one of the best DVD's I've seen so far (second to the Rushmore:Criterion Edition disk). First of all disk 2 is all extra stuff on the making of the film, fake catalogues, production art, and a couple of brilliant PSA's by the film's leads Ed Norton and Brad Pitt. The film itself looks incredible and the sound is amazing (it made me wish Papa Lucas would get of his ass and install some THX action down here in the bunker), I felt like I was getting my ass kicked (well, not really but it was a pretty exciting experience nonetheless). There are four different sets of running commentaries discussing all the various aspects of bringing this film to the screen. Even the packaging is great, the cover is done up to look like a brown paper bag. The booklet that comes with it has various blurbs from reviews of the film, the positive alongside the negative ones. Whoever threw this one together really knew what they were doing. Next time you stop by the bunker we'll throw this fucker on and then maybe we can slap each other around afterwards….and remember "no one has the right to touch you in your bathing suit area |
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reviewed by: JohnLawton |
September 2000 [link] |
recommend
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