Saturday, 4 May 2019

MJOLNIR AT THE MOVIES EPISODE 20: VIDEODROME AND EXISTENZ

"The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena, the Videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the mind’s eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those watching. Therefore, television is reality. And reality is less than television."


So says Professor Brian O'Blivion, voicing the words of (((David Cronenberg))), whose films Videodrome and eXistenZ, as we explore, are themselves part of that battle....


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