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“Long live the new flesh”
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David Cronenberg, master of bodily transformation, comes up with another twisted and gory scene in which cable-channel owner Max Renn is programmed to kill himself in order to become ‘the new flesh’, a television signal. Max’s girlfriend Nicki has already died because of the mysterious Videodrome, a snuff movie that is much more than that. The dead Nicki appears on a television screen and shows Max what it is that he should do. By shooting himself with his flesh-pistol he can enter the next phase. After he sees this event happening, he pulls the trigger for real. Long live the new flesh! Bizarre and excellent stuff from Cronenberg, who became a sort of mass media guru with V IDEODROME. A shocking investigation of the hazards of reality morphing television and a prophetic critique of contemporary aesthetics.
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David Cronenberg, master of bodily transformation, comes up with another twisted and gory scene in which cable-
MAX RENN: I was hoping you’d be back.
NICKI BRAND: I’m here to guide you Max. I’ve learned a lot since I last saw you. I’ve learned that death is not the end. I can help you.
MAX RENN: I don’t know where I am now. I’m having trouble finding my way around.
NICKI BRAND: That’s because you’ve gone just about as far as you can with the way things are. Videodrome still exists. It’s very big, very complex. You’ve hurt them, but you haven’t destroyed them. To do that you have to go on to the next phase.
MAX RENN: I don’t know where I am now. I’m having trouble finding my way around.
NICKI BRAND: That’s because you’ve gone just about as far as you can with the way things are. Videodrome still exists. It’s very big, very complex. You’ve hurt them, but you haven’t destroyed them. To do that you have to go on to the next phase.
MAX RENN: What phase is that?
NICKI BRAND: You’re body has already done a lot of changing. But that’s only the beginning – the beginning of the new flesh. You have to go all the way now. Total transformation. Do you thing you’re ready?
MAX RENN: I guess I am. How do we do it?
NICKI BRAND: To become the new flesh you must first destroy the old flesh. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid to let your body die. Just come to me Max. Come to Nicki. Watch, I’ll show you how. It’s easy.
NICKI BRAND: You’re body has already done a lot of changing. But that’s only the beginning – the beginning of the new flesh. You have to go all the way now. Total transformation. Do you thing you’re ready?
MAX RENN: I guess I am. How do we do it?
NICKI BRAND: To become the new flesh you must first destroy the old flesh. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid to let your body die. Just come to me Max. Come to Nicki. Watch, I’ll show you how. It’s easy.
MAX RENN: Long live the new flesh.
MAX RENN: Long live the new flesh.