Videodrome (1983) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - February 4, 1983

I have taken to referring to Videodrome as Q-Anon: The Movie, not because there is any sort of tangible connection between this 1983 cult classic and the Internet conspiracy theory that radicalized and inflamed people from various walks of life.

No, it was more the thematic similarities between Max Renn's self-destructive search for the information about the mysterious program called Videodrome and how it warped his perception of reality to the point he became a controllable avatar for powerful forces he never came close to understanding.

Videodrome, whether it was consciously intended to be or not, is a film about radicalization and delusion. Of losing one's self in another's constructed and contrived presentation of reality. It has aged beautifully well into the perception melting and distorting world of the Internet and social media.

Long live the New Flesh, same as the Old Flesh.