Videodrome

 

Year: 1983

Time: 87 min.

 

Series: The Criterion Collection

Edition #: 248

Release Date: Tuesday, 31 August 2004

MSRP: $39.95

 

DVD

2 Discs

1.85:1

English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0

Subtitles: English

Region 1

 

 Audio commentary by David Cronenberg and director of photography Mark Irwin   Audio commentary by actors James Woods and Deborah Harry   Camera (2000), a short film starring Videodrome’s Les Carlson, written and directed by Cronenberg   Forging the New Flesh, a new half-hour documentary featurette by filmmaker Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome’s video and prosthetic makeup effects   Effects Men, a new audio interview with special makeup effects creator Rick Baker and video effects supervisor Michael Lennick   Bootleg Video: the complete footage of Samurai Dreams and seven minutes of transmissions from “Videodrome,” presented in their original, unedited form with filmmaker commentary   Fear on Film, a 26-minute roundtable discussion from 1982 between filmmakers David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis, and Mick Garris   Original theatrical trailers   Promotional featurette   Stills galleries featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production photos, special effects makeup tests, and publicity photos   A booklet featuring essays by writers Carrie Rickey, Tim Lucas, and Gary Indiana   Helmet-Cam Test and Why Betamax?, two featurettes by Michael Lennick on the film's effects