pmw
09-19-2004, 12:24 AM
Cronenberg's Videodrom has been released by Criterion (next week I think actually...) and is delightful. The movie, first of all, is so damn good and reason enough.
The extras are great; anytime you can listen to Cronenberg speak about his work, philosophy and filmmaking in general, I suggest you do it. He is a very smart guy and grounds his films in very well conceived ideas. He articulates some of these ideas quite effectively in his commentary.
There is also an interesting special effects segment which shows a young, renegade effects crew trying to figure out how to make a tv come to life on a minimal budget. I wont say how they ultimately pull this off, but its great. There are quite a few nice effects in this one and not suprisingly the crew was a very enthusiastic bunch.
Perhaps more than anything, the dvd represents a long lasting appreciation of a director whose work (apart from The Fly) doesn't take off at the theaters. And this particular film is perhaps the most themeatically represenative of Cronenberg's outlook/work.
Cronenberg says that he always feels like his work will have resonance for audiences in the long run, and thus was very happy to be working with Criterion. It's great to see it!
P
The extras are great; anytime you can listen to Cronenberg speak about his work, philosophy and filmmaking in general, I suggest you do it. He is a very smart guy and grounds his films in very well conceived ideas. He articulates some of these ideas quite effectively in his commentary.
There is also an interesting special effects segment which shows a young, renegade effects crew trying to figure out how to make a tv come to life on a minimal budget. I wont say how they ultimately pull this off, but its great. There are quite a few nice effects in this one and not suprisingly the crew was a very enthusiastic bunch.
Perhaps more than anything, the dvd represents a long lasting appreciation of a director whose work (apart from The Fly) doesn't take off at the theaters. And this particular film is perhaps the most themeatically represenative of Cronenberg's outlook/work.
Cronenberg says that he always feels like his work will have resonance for audiences in the long run, and thus was very happy to be working with Criterion. It's great to see it!
P