Videodrome / 
At head of title:  David Cronenberg's 

 - Director-approved Blu-ray special edition. 
, Canada. 
 - 1 videodisc (89 min.) :  sound, color ;  4 3/4 in.  1 booklet (36 pages : color. illustrations ; 16 cm) 
 -  4 3/4 in. 
 - The Criterion Collection ;  248 .
 - Criterion collection  248. .
<br/><br/> Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.  Special features: two audio commentaries, one with David Cronenberg and Mark Irwin, and one with Deborah Harry and James Woods; a short film, Camera, written and directed by Cronenberg; Forging the new flesh, a documentary featurette by Michael Lennick about the creation of Videodrome's video and makeup effects; Effest men, an audio interview with makeup creator Baker and video effects supervisor Lennick; Bootleg video: the complete footage of Samurai dreams and seven minutes of transmissions from Videodrome in original, unedited form with commentaries; Fear on film, a 26-minute roundtable discussion from 1982 with filmmaker Cronenberg and others; original theatrical trailers and promotional featurette; still galleries featuring hundreds of rare behind-the-scenes production photos, special effects makeup tests, and publicity photos. 
<br/><br/>Director of photography, Mark Irwin ; art director, Carol Spier ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Delphine White.  Director of photography, Mark Irwin ; art director, Carol Spier ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Delphine White. 
<br/><br/>James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, Les Carlson, Jack Creley, Lynne Gorman, Julie Khaner, Reiner Schwartz. 
<br/><br/> When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent torture show called Videodrome. As he struggles to unearth the origins of the program, he embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games, and bodily transformation. 
<br/><br/> MPAA rating: R. 
<br/><br/><br/>1 Blu-ray disc, region A; widescreen (1.85:1 aspect ratio); monaural. <br/>This Blu-ray disc will not play on standard DVD players. 
<br/><br/><br/>In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781604653212 1604653213 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>715515062510 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>CC1934BD  The Criterion Collection 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reality television programs--Drama.<br/>Cable television--Drama.<br/>Torture in mass media--Drama.<br/>Cable television.<br/>Reality television programs.<br/>Torture in mass media.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Motion pictures--Canada.<br/>Motion pictures.<br/>Drama.<br/>Feature films.<br/>Fiction films.<br/>Science fiction films.<br/>Video recordings for the hearing impaired.<br/>Science fiction films.<br/>Feature films--Canada<br/>Fiction films.<br/>Video recordings for the hearing impaired.<br/>Motion pictures.<br/>Drama.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1997  / .V54 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/72