Videodrome (1983)

dir David Cronenberg

The television screen has become the retina of the mind’s eye.

Spooky! Way too close to home. I’ve been bitching a lot about technology lately so I figured Videodrome would be appropriate. Part of me feels like the world has to end soon, like we’ve fucked everything up enough that we must be goners. How dismal it is that people were probably feeling the exact same way 40 years ago. The 2020s are a very disgustingly 80s decade. With our very own Reagan 2.0 too! Unlucky us.

In the words of Debbie Harry-as-Nicki Brand, “I think we live in over-stimulated times. We crave stimulation for its own sake. We gorge ourselves on it. We always want more, whether it’s tactile, emotional or sexual. And I think that’s bad.”

Hottest moment: a tie between when we get to see Max Renn fist fuck his own chest-pussy and the first date between Max and Nicki. Lying on the floor, porn on the tv, doing light needle play. The ear eating, too. Very nice!