1. Civic TV...Copy !req
2. the one you take to bed with you.Copy !req
3. Max, it's that time again:Copy !req
4. time to slowly, painfully
ease yourself back into consciousness.Copy !req
5. No, I'm not a dream...Copy !req
6. although I've been told
I'm a vision of loveliness.Copy !req
7. - Who told you that?Copy !req
8. I'm nothing less than
your faithful Girl Friday, Bridey James...Copy !req
9. here with your wake-up call of today,
which is Wednesday the 23rd.Copy !req
10. You got that?Copy !req
11. Wednesday the 23rd.Copy !req
12. And I have a message.Copy !req
13. Remember your meeting this morning at 6:30...Copy !req
14. with Shinji Kuraki of Ηiroshima Video.Copy !req
15. This meeting is to take place...Copy !req
16. at the Classic Ηotel, suite 17.Copy !req
17. And needless to say,
it's your first of the day.Copy !req
18. Don't you know anyone
who works 9:00 to 5:00?Copy !req
19. Over and out, Commander.Copy !req
20. Civic TV,
the one you take to bed with you.Copy !req
21. - Cindy, open the door, will ya?
- Go away.Copy !req
22. Come on. You know I love ya.Copy !req
23. - Get outta here!
- Will you open the door?Copy !req
24. For fuck's sake, open the door!Copy !req
25. - I want you out of this place!Copy !req
26. For fuck's sake, open the door!Copy !req
27. You just gotta open
the fucking door!Copy !req
28. Well, I looked over the stills.Copy !req
29. I am interested a little bit.Copy !req
30. - How many shows you got?
- Thirteen.Copy !req
31. With a possibility of another six
if the sales go well.Copy !req
32. - You got cassettes?
- Of course.Copy !req
33. No, hold it.
Uh, show me the last one.Copy !req
34. - Number 13.Copy !req
35. But you won't understand anything.
Everything is set up in the first two.Copy !req
36. My audience ain't gonna see
the first two shows. Show me the last one.Copy !req
37. What do you think?Copy !req
38. Can we get away with it?
Do we wanna get away with it?Copy !req
39. I think Oriental sex is a natural.Copy !req
40. I think it'll get us an audience
we've never had before.Copy !req
41. I don't like it.
It's not tacky enough.Copy !req
42. - Not tacky enough for what?
- Tacky enough to turn me on.Copy !req
43. Too much class. Bad for sex.Copy !req
44. Maybe.Copy !req
45. I don't know.Copy !req
46. It's soft.Copy !req
47. Something too...Copy !req
48. soft about it.Copy !req
49. I'm lookin' for something that'll
break through, you know? Something...Copy !req
50. tough.Copy !req
51. Hey, Harlan, uh - Huh?Copy !req
52. Oh. Okay.Copy !req
53. Here we go.Copy !req
54. Now, it'll come through on that.Copy !req
55. Now, we only got about 53 seconds,
so keep your eyes open.Copy !req
56. They've got an unscrambler scrambler,
if you know what I mean.Copy !req
57. It sensed that we were unscrambling...Copy !req
58. and, uh, automatically
changed its code on us.Copy !req
59. What satellite is it coming from?Copy !req
60. - Snooker, I think.
- Country of origin?Copy !req
61. Uh, let me see. Uh -Copy !req
62. Assuming 53 seconds
represents the period of delay...Copy !req
63. I'd say somewhere, uh...Copy !req
64. in Malaysia?Copy !req
65. - Okay, here we go.Copy !req
66. This is it.Copy !req
67. What is that wall behind her?
What is that, clay?Copy !req
68. - Yeah. Wet clay.Copy !req
69. I think it's electrified.Copy !req
70. - That's it?Copy !req
71. That's it.Copy !req
72. - Grotesque, as promised.Copy !req
73. Okay. Can you hang a search on it
next time it -Copy !req
74. Already workin' on it.Copy !req
75. I was pretty insulted when it just
shrugged us off in less than a minute.Copy !req
76. Well, patrón, interested?Copy !req
77. Yeah. Harlan, can you do something
about these labels?Copy !req
78. I mean, uh, this is supposed to be
a clandestine operation, you know?Copy !req
79. Sí, patrón.Copy !req
80. You always find yourself
getting nervous...Copy !req
81. even if you've been doing it
all your life, don't you think?Copy !req
82. Oh, yeah. Oh, for sure.Copy !req
83. - Course, that's part of the excitement of it.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
84. Want a smoke?Copy !req
85. No, thanks.Copy !req
86. - Max, just relax.
- Okay.Copy !req
87. And now here it is: The Rena King Show.Copy !req
88. And this afternoon,
Rena's guests are Max Renn...Copy !req
89. controversial president of Channel 83,
radio personality Nicki Brand...Copy !req
90. and media prophet
Professor Brian O'Blivion.Copy !req
91. Take it away, Rena.Copy !req
92. - Max Renn...Copy !req
93. your television station
offers its viewers...Copy !req
94. everything
from soft-core pornography...Copy !req
95. to hard-core violence.Copy !req
96. - Why?
- Well, it's a matter of economics, Rena.Copy !req
97. We're, uh, small.Copy !req
98. In order to survive, we have to give people
something they can't get anywhere else...Copy !req
99. and, uh - and we do that.Copy !req
100. But don't you feel
such shows contribute...Copy !req
101. to a social climate of violence
and sexual malaise?Copy !req
102. - And do you care?
- Certainly, I care.Copy !req
103. I care enough, in fact,
to give my viewers a -Copy !req
104. a harmless outlet for their fantasies
and their frustrations.Copy !req
105. As far as I'm concerned,
that's a socially positive act.Copy !req
106. What about it, Nicki?
Is it socially positive?Copy !req
107. Well, I think we live
in over stimulated times.Copy !req
108. We crave stimulation
for its own sake.Copy !req
109. We gorge ourselves on it.Copy !req
110. We always want more, whether
it's tactile, emotional or sexual...Copy !req
111. and I think that's bad.Copy !req
112. Then why did you wear that dress?Copy !req
113. - Sorry?
- That dress.Copy !req
114. It's very stimulating, and - and it's red.Copy !req
115. You know what Freud would
have said about that dress.Copy !req
116. And he would've been right.
I admit it.Copy !req
117. I live in a highly excited
state of overstimulation.Copy !req
118. Listen, I'd really like to take you
out to dinner tonight.Copy !req
119. - Professor O'Blivion.
- What do you think?Copy !req
120. Do you think erotic TV shows
and violent TV shows...Copy !req
121. lead to desensitization...Copy !req
122. to dehumanization?Copy !req
123. The television screen has become
the retina of the mind's eye.Copy !req
124. - Yes.Copy !req
125. That's why I refuse
to appear on television...Copy !req
126. except on television.Copy !req
127. Of course, O'Blivion is not
the name I was born with.Copy !req
128. That's my television name.Copy !req
129. Soon all of us
will have special names...Copy !req
130. names designed to cause
the cathode ray tube to resonate.Copy !req
131. - Yes.
- Yes, I am. Very interested.Copy !req
132. Nicki, is Max Renn
a menace to society?Copy !req
133. I'm not sure.Copy !req
134. He's certainly a menace to me.Copy !req
135. When does the plot,
uh, start to unravel here?Copy !req
136. I mean, who is this black guy?
Is he a political prisoner?Copy !req
137. - There's no plot.Copy !req
138. It just goes on like that for an hour.Copy !req
139. - Goes on like what?
- Like that.Copy !req
140. - Torture, murder...Copy !req
141. mutilation.Copy !req
142. - We never leave that room?
- Nope.Copy !req
143. - It's a real sicko.
- Brilliant.Copy !req
144. - For perverts only.
- It's absolutely brilliant.Copy !req
145. I mean, look, there's almost
no production costs.Copy !req
146. You can't take your eyes off it.
It's incredibly realistic.Copy !req
147. Where do they get actors
who can do this?Copy !req
148. - Oh, help me. I think he wants it.
- Come on.Copy !req
149. It's worth checking out.Copy !req
150. Did you have any trouble
locking onto it this time?Copy !req
151. Not after I realized
the Malaysia delay was a plant.Copy !req
152. - It's not coming from Malaysia?
- You can't fool the Prince of Pirates for long.Copy !req
153. Har - Harlan,
where is it coming from?Copy !req
154. Pittsburgh.
That's in the U.S.A.Copy !req
155. Pittsburgh?Copy !req
156. - Pittsburgh.Copy !req
157. Get professional help.Copy !req
158. But it's not me. It's my sister.Copy !req
159. It's not your sister.
It's you, lover.Copy !req
160. Can't you tell?
Isn't that why you called me?Copy !req
161. You want help.
You need help.Copy !req
162. You're going insane. I can hear you
disintegrating while you talk to me.Copy !req
163. - I've got your number, haven't I?Copy !req
164. I hate my sister.Copy !req
165. I don't want to.
It's ripping me up inside.Copy !req
166. But I do. I do.Copy !req
167. - Will you call our Distress Center?Copy !req
168. Will you call
the CRAM Distress Center?Copy !req
169. They'll tell you where
to get help, lover.Copy !req
170. And you need it.
You need it now.Copy !req
171. I will. I will.
Oh, thank you, Nicki.Copy !req
172. We'll return to Nicki Brand...Copy !req
173. and the Emotional Rescue show
in just a moment.Copy !req
174. This is CRAM in Toronto,
and we've got the weather for you.Copy !req
175. - Got any porno?
- You serious?Copy !req
176. Yeah.
Gets me in the mood.Copy !req
177. What's this? "Videodrome. "Copy !req
178. - Torture, murder.Copy !req
179. Sounds great.Copy !req
180. Ain't exactly sex.Copy !req
181. Says who?Copy !req
182. - God, I can't believe it.
- I'll turn it off.Copy !req
183. No, no, no. It's okay.
I can take it.Copy !req
184. Can you get it any clearer?Copy !req
185. It's a pirate tape.
They scramble it.Copy !req
186. - I like it.Copy !req
187. - Yeah?
- Yeah, it turns me on.Copy !req
188. Take out your Swiss Army knife
and cut me here...Copy !req
189. just - just a little.Copy !req
190. Looks like somebody's
beat me to it.Copy !req
191. I wonder how you get
to be a contestant on this show.Copy !req
192. I don't know. Nobody ever
seems to come back next week.Copy !req
193. What did you say happened
to your shoulder?Copy !req
194. A friend.
I think he'd like Videodrome.Copy !req
195. - You let somebody cut you?
- Uh-huh.Copy !req
196. - What do you think?Copy !req
197. Well, I-I don't know.Copy !req
198. You wanna try a few things?Copy !req
199. Oh.Copy !req
200. Max, thank God. Masha Borowczyk
has been in your office for an hour.Copy !req
201. - Masha.
- What were you doing last night?Copy !req
202. - Didn't you get my message?
- I don't think I'm ready for this.Copy !req
203. - Coffee. Cigarette. Office. Masha. Go.
- All right. Masha.Copy !req
204. - She's hot to trot.Copy !req
205. I call it...Copy !req
206. Apollo and Dionysus.Copy !req
207. Masha, does it ever get good?Copy !req
208. It's all good.Copy !req
209. - Darling...Copy !req
210. I am looking
for something a lot more...Copy !req
211. contemporary.Copy !req
212. I want something that's gonna show people
what's really goin' on under the sheets.Copy !req
213. This stuff is too - It's too naïve.Copy !req
214. It's too sweet, like you, darling.Copy !req
215. Well, it's your market.Copy !req
216. Do you know a show
called Videodrome?Copy !req
217. - Video-what?
- D-R-O-M-E.Copy !req
218. Videodrome,
like video circus, video arena.Copy !req
219. - You know it?
- No.Copy !req
220. It's just torture and murder.Copy !req
221. No plot, no characters.
Very, very realistic.Copy !req
222. I think it's what's next.Copy !req
223. Then God help us.Copy !req
224. - Better on TV than on the street.Copy !req
225. Arnold on line three.Copy !req
226. You interested in, uh,
tracking it down for me?Copy !req
227. I'll see that you get
the agent's commission.Copy !req
228. I'm interested.
Let me try.Copy !req
229. Max...Copy !req
230. did you ever think...Copy !req
231. of producing your own show?Copy !req
232. Right here?Copy !req
233. I could be your agent...Copy !req
234. worldwide.Copy !req
235. I could sell subterranean
for you everywhere.Copy !req
236. - No, I don't have the temperament.
- But if you did...Copy !req
237. what kind of show would you do?Copy !req
238. I mean,
for the subterranean market.Copy !req
239. Would you do... Videodrome?Copy !req
240. Max.Copy !req
241. - Mm-hmm.
- I'm goin' away tomorrow for two weeks...Copy !req
242. on assignment.Copy !req
243. Guess where?Copy !req
244. L.A.Copy !req
245. - Pittsburgh.
- Fabulous.Copy !req
246. Don't stay in the sun too long.
I hear it's bad for the skin.Copy !req
247. Oh, come on.
Isn't that where they make Videodrome?Copy !req
248. Yeah. Why?Copy !req
249. I'm gonna audition.Copy !req
250. I was made for that show.Copy !req
251. Nobody on earth
was made for that show.Copy !req
252. Hey. Listen to me.Copy !req
253. - Listen to me.
- What?Copy !req
254. I want you to stay away from it.Copy !req
255. Those mondo weirdo video guys,
they've got unsavory connections.Copy !req
256. They play rough, rougher than
even Nicki Brand wants to play.Copy !req
257. Do you understand me?Copy !req
258. Sounds like a challenge.Copy !req
259. Got a cigarette?Copy !req
260. It's not a challenge.Copy !req
261. I swear. You know, in Brazil,
Central America, those kinds of places...Copy !req
262. making underground video
is considered a subversive act.Copy !req
263. They execute people for it.
In Pittsburgh, who knows?Copy !req
264. Max.Copy !req
265. Nicki, don't!Copy !req
266. Nicki, don't.Copy !req
267. Don't.Copy !req
268. - Do you have a hangover?
- No. Stayed up late watching TV.Copy !req
269. Did you get in touch
with our friends in Pittsburgh?Copy !req
270. In a way.
At a distance.Copy !req
271. - Subterranean grapevine.
- And?Copy !req
272. Max...Copy !req
273. Videodrome is something
for you to leave alone.Copy !req
274. It is definitely not
for public consumption.Copy !req
275. Channel 83 is
a little small to be considered public.Copy !req
276. It is still too public.Copy !req
277. - Do you understand me?
- No. What's the punch line?Copy !req
278. I think it's dangerous, Max,
Videodrome.Copy !req
279. - Why? It's Mafia? They do business.
- No, no.Copy !req
280. It's more, um -
How can I say?Copy !req
281. More political than that.Copy !req
282. - Come on, Masha. What are we talkin' about?
- Videodrome.Copy !req
283. What you see on that show...Copy !req
284. it's for real.Copy !req
285. It's not acting.
It's snuff TV.Copy !req
286. I don't believe it.Copy !req
287. So don't believe.Copy !req
288. Why do it for real?Copy !req
289. It's easier and safer to fake it.Copy !req
290. Because it has something...Copy !req
291. that you don't have, Max.Copy !req
292. It has a philosophy...Copy !req
293. - and that is what makes it dangerous.
- Whose philosophy?Copy !req
294. There must be a name.Copy !req
295. Give me a name I can talk to.
Masha, Masha, you know me.Copy !req
296. I stay away from the scary stuff.Copy !req
297. Max...Copy !req
298. you are going to have to
be nice to me for this.Copy !req
299. We can take a shower together,
anytime you say.Copy !req
300. I'm sure you would be
very beautiful...Copy !req
301. but, uh, you're a little older
than I prefer.Copy !req
302. Thank you...Copy !req
303. so much.Copy !req
304. Sell me a name...Copy !req
305. and I'll make Apollo and Dionysus
part of the package.Copy !req
306. That hurts me, Max.Copy !req
307. Ηey, the world's
a shithole, ain't it?Copy !req
308. Yes, Max.Copy !req
309. It is.Copy !req
310. Brian O'Blivion.Copy !req
311. That is the only name
I have to give.Copy !req
312. Professor Brian O'Blivion.Copy !req
313. Wait, where you goin'? Come back here.Copy !req
314. Hey. Ηey, buddy. Got a fag?Copy !req
315. - Are they goin' in now?
- Got a cigarette?Copy !req
316. - Gotta have a smoke and a cup of coffee.
- Wait a minute.Copy !req
317. They don't serve coffee there.
They just serve piss water.Copy !req
318. I don't need to put up
with this shit. I'm a young woman.Copy !req
319. Take a good look at me.
I'm a good-lookin' woman. I got nice tits.Copy !req
320. Let's go.Copy !req
321. Hello. Move along.Copy !req
322. Move out of my way!Copy !req
323. Ηello.
Straight down the hallway.Copy !req
324. Keep on.
Straight down the hallway.Copy !req
325. Keep going, keep going.Copy !req
326. Come on. Step along.Copy !req
327. - Bianca O'Blivion?
- Yes.Copy !req
328. I'm Max Renn. I, uh -
I run Civic TV.Copy !req
329. I did a panel show with Prof. O'Blivion.
The Rena King Show.Copy !req
330. Oh, yes. You said some
very superficial things.Copy !req
331. Violence, sex, imagination, catharsis.Copy !req
332. - My exact words.
- What do you want?Copy !req
333. I wanna talk with your father...Copy !req
334. about a new twist in video
that he may not be aware of.Copy !req
335. I love the view.Copy !req
336. You look like them,
like one of Father's derelicts.Copy !req
337. Think it's a style that's coming back.Copy !req
338. In their case, Mr. Renn,
it's not a style.Copy !req
339. It's a disease forced on them by their
lack of access to the cathode ray tube.Copy !req
340. You think a few doses of TV
are gonna help them?Copy !req
341. Watching TV will help patch them
back into the world's mixing board.Copy !req
342. Absolutely.Copy !req
343. And I guess you encourage Father's derelicts
to make home movies?Copy !req
344. The world's mixing board?Copy !req
345. Professor O'Blivion sends video letters
all over the world.Copy !req
346. - Is the Professor here?
- I am my father's screen.Copy !req
347. Once you've told me what this visit is all
about, he may choose to send you a cassette.Copy !req
348. If he does, which format
would you like?Copy !req
349. If he does, it's gonna
make conversation a little difficult.Copy !req
350. My father has not engaged in conversation
for at least 20 years.Copy !req
351. The monologue
is his preferred mode of discourse.Copy !req
352. Format.Copy !req
353. Videodrome.Copy !req
354. Is that a Japanese configuration?Copy !req
355. - You've never heard of it?
- No.Copy !req
356. Then there have been serious gaps
in your education.Copy !req
357. - Videodrome.Copy !req
358. Mention it to your father.
He may want to have a conversation.Copy !req
359. I Iove the view.Copy !req
360. Torture, murder, mutilation.Copy !req
361. Videodrome.Copy !req
362. What you see on that show...Copy !req
363. it's for real.Copy !req
364. I'm gonna audition.Copy !req
365. I was made for that show.Copy !req
366. It has something
that you don't have, Max.Copy !req
367. It has a philosophy,
and that is what makes it dangerous.Copy !req
368. Ηi. This is
your wake-up cassette...Copy !req
369. and this came to the office
for you by courier.Copy !req
370. - What did they say at CRAM?
- They said that Nicki Brand...Copy !req
371. is definitely not
on assignment for them.Copy !req
372. She had a month off coming.
She decided to take it now..Copy !req
373. Don't touch that!Copy !req
374. Jesús, Max, you scared me.Copy !req
375. What the hell's wrong with you?Copy !req
376. I don't know, man. I think I'm gettin',
like, a rash or somethin'.Copy !req
377. - Uh -
- What?Copy !req
378. Are you all right?
Bridey, I didn't mean to hit you.Copy !req
379. Hit me?Copy !req
380. You didn't hit me.Copy !req
381. No? No.
No, I know I didn't hit you. I meant -Copy !req
382. - Do you want me to stay here?Copy !req
383. - Uh -
- You look awful.Copy !req
384. - Can I get you something?
- Uh, no, uh -Copy !req
385. No, I'm just, uh -Copy !req
386. Uh, I'm -Copy !req
387. I'm exhausted.
I was in a deep sleep when you knocked...Copy !req
388. and I guess I'm still not out of it.Copy !req
389. I'll remember to set the timer.
Don't worry.Copy !req
390. - You're sure? Are you sure?
- I'm sure. Yeah.Copy !req
391. Thanks, Bridey.
Tomorrow.Copy !req
392. Max, that other cassette
is from the office of Brian O'Blivion.Copy !req
393. I promised
I'd hand-deliver it directly to you.Copy !req
394. Will you call me
if you need me?Copy !req
395. The battle for the mind
of North America...Copy !req
396. will be fought in the video arena:Copy !req
397. the Videodrome.Copy !req
398. The television screen
is the retina of the mind's eye.Copy !req
399. Therefore, the television screen is part
of the physical structure of the brain.Copy !req
400. Therefore, whatever appears
on the television screen...Copy !req
401. emerges as raw experience
for those who watch it.Copy !req
402. Therefore, television is reality...Copy !req
403. and reality is less than television.Copy !req
404. - Max.Copy !req
405. I'm so glad you came to me.Copy !req
406. I've been through it all
myself, you see.Copy !req
407. Your reality is already
half video hallucination.Copy !req
408. If you're not careful,
it will become total hallucination.Copy !req
409. You'll have to learn to live
in a very strange new world.Copy !req
410. I had a brain tumor...Copy !req
411. and I had visions.Copy !req
412. I believed the visions
caused the tumor...Copy !req
413. and not the reverse.Copy !req
414. I could feel the visions
coalesce and become flesh.Copy !req
415. Uncontrollable flesh.Copy !req
416. But when they removed the tumor...Copy !req
417. it was called Videodrome.Copy !req
418. I was the -Copy !req
419. I - I...Copy !req
420. was Videodrome's...Copy !req
421. first victim.Copy !req
422. But who's behind it?
What do they want?Copy !req
423. I want you, Max.Copy !req
424. You.Copy !req
425. Come to me.Copy !req
426. Come to Nicki.Copy !req
427. Come on.Copy !req
428. Don't make me wait.Copy !req
429. Please.Copy !req
430. I want you, Max.Copy !req
431. You.Copy !req
432. Come on.Copy !req
433. - Come on.Copy !req
434. Come to me now.Copy !req
435. Come to Nicki.Copy !req
436. - Don't keep me waiting.Copy !req
437. Please.Copy !req
438. Today Lady Luck
may smile on these four players...Copy !req
439. and start them on the road
to $12,000 -Copy !req
440. We have a new group of people
coming in this afternoon...Copy !req
441. - so tell the staff about that.
- All right. Good.Copy !req
442. Exciting. Very lively.Copy !req
443. Careful. It bites.Copy !req
444. - You watched the cassette?
- Yeah.Copy !req
445. - And?
- It changed my life.Copy !req
446. I'm not surprised.
It's dangerous, you know.Copy !req
447. Because your father admits
he's somehow involved with Videodrome?Copy !req
448. More than that. It bites.
Isn't that what you said?Copy !req
449. What kind of teeth
do you think it has?Copy !req
450. It triggered off a series of hallucinations.
I woke up with a headache.Copy !req
451. - First time ever?
- No, I-I've been hallucinating for a while...Copy !req
452. - ever since -
- What?Copy !req
453. Since I first saw Videodrome.Copy !req
454. Ηow did you come
to be exposed to it?Copy !req
455. Pirate satellite dish.Copy !req
456. A-An accident.Copy !req
457. I made some tapes.Copy !req
458. This is part of my own
Videodrome collection.Copy !req
459. But that tape is just your father
sitting at his desk.Copy !req
460. The tone of the hallucinations is determined
by the tone of the tape's imagery.Copy !req
461. But the Videodrome signal,
the one that does the damage...Copy !req
462. it can be delivered
under a test pattern, anything.Copy !req
463. Mmm.Copy !req
464. Damage?Copy !req
465. The signal induces
a brain tumor in the viewer.Copy !req
466. It's the tumor that creates
the hallucinations.Copy !req
467. You let me watch it?Copy !req
468. I expect them to come to me eventually
to hurt me. I thought it might be you.Copy !req
469. Now I realize you're
just another victim...Copy !req
470. like Father was.Copy !req
471. Where is your father?
I think I'd better talk to him.Copy !req
472. He's in there.Copy !req
473. I'm afraid he'll disappoint you.Copy !req
474. This is him.Copy !req
475. - This is all that's left.
- What are you talking about?Copy !req
476. Brian O'Blivion died quietly
on an operating table 11 months ago.Copy !req
477. - The brain problem?
- The Videodrome problem.Copy !req
478. - You have it too.
- But he was on that panel show with me.Copy !req
479. On tape.
He made thousands of them.Copy !req
480. Sometimes three or four a day.Copy !req
481. I keep him alive as best I can.Copy !req
482. He had so much to offer.Copy !req
483. My father helped
to create Videodrome.Copy !req
484. He saw it as the next phase in the evolution
of man as a technological animal.Copy !req
485. When he realized what his partners
were going to use it for...Copy !req
486. he tried to take it
away from them.Copy !req
487. And they killed him.
Quietly.Copy !req
488. At the end, he was convinced
that public life on television...Copy !req
489. was more real than
private life in the flesh.Copy !req
490. Ηe wasn't afraid
to let his body die.Copy !req
491. Tell me about
my Videodrome problem.Copy !req
492. My father knows much more
about it than I do.Copy !req
493. Listen to him.Copy !req
494. Where's Harlan?
He's not in the lab.Copy !req
495. - I think he's up in V.T.R. Max -
- Not now.Copy !req
496. - Harlan.
- Sí, patrón.Copy !req
497. Have you been hallucinating lately?Copy !req
498. No.Copy !req
499. - Should I be?
- Yes.Copy !req
500. You should be.Copy !req
501. I believe...Copy !req
502. that the growth in my head -Copy !req
503. this head, this one right here -Copy !req
504. I think that it is not
really a tumor...Copy !req
505. not an uncontrolled,
undirected little bubbling pot of flesh...Copy !req
506. but that it is in fact...Copy !req
507. a new organ...Copy !req
508. a new part of the brain.Copy !req
509. I think that massive doses
of Videodrome signal...Copy !req
510. will ultimately create
a new outgrowth...Copy !req
511. of the human brain...Copy !req
512. which will produce
and control hallucination...Copy !req
513. to the point that it will
change human reality.Copy !req
514. After all, there is nothing real...Copy !req
515. outside our perception of reality...Copy !req
516. is there?Copy !req
517. You can see that, can't you?Copy !req
518. - Max Renn?
- Yes.Copy !req
519. Who is this?Copy !req
520. Barry Convex would like to talk
to you about Videodrome.Copy !req
521. I've got a car waiting
downstairs for you, sir.Copy !req
522. Please direct your attention to
the television set in front of you, Mr. Renn.Copy !req
523. Mr. Convex has recorded
a little introduction for you.Copy !req
524. Hi, I'm Barry Convex,
Chief of Special Programs...Copy !req
525. and I'd like to invite you
into the world of Spectacular Optical...Copy !req
526. an enthusiastic global corporate citizen.Copy !req
527. We make inexpensive glasses
for the Third World...Copy !req
528. and missile guidance systems for NATO.Copy !req
529. We also make Videodrome, Max...Copy !req
530. and as I'm sure you know...Copy !req
531. when it's ready for the marketplace,
things will never be quite the same again.Copy !req
532. It can be a giant hallucination machine
and much, much more.Copy !req
533. But it's not ready.
Those were test transmissions you picked up.Copy !req
534. We thought nobody
could tap into them.Copy !req
535. He's good, that Harlan.
Good pirate.Copy !req
536. Well, now that you have...Copy !req
537. I think we oughta have
a little talk, don't you?Copy !req
538. I thought maybe... my place?Copy !req
539. I hope you realize
you're playing with dynamite.Copy !req
540. That's our spring line.
Top secret stuff.Copy !req
541. I brought it with me for a trade show
here in town later this week.Copy !req
542. Max Renn, I'm Barry Convex.Copy !req
543. I -Copy !req
544. I think that machinery
you're wearing is...Copy !req
545. too much for the shape of your face.Copy !req
546. Overwhelms you.Copy !req
547. Try something more, uh, spidery...Copy !req
548. more delicate.Copy !req
549. Ηere she is.
This is our prototype.Copy !req
550. This is the little number
that started it all.Copy !req
551. Max...Copy !req
552. I would like you
to try this on for size.Copy !req
553. I would like to use this machine
to record one of your hallucinations now.Copy !req
554. Then I would like to take that tape
back with me to home base for analysis.Copy !req
555. Do I get to keep the copyright?Copy !req
556. I mean, I'd hate to see it show up as
a Movie of the Week and not get paid for it.Copy !req
557. Max, I'm trying to help you.Copy !req
558. What makes you think
I need help, Barry?Copy !req
559. None of our test subjects
has returned to... normality.Copy !req
560. They're all in need
of intensive psychiatric care.Copy !req
561. Now, you seem
to be functioning reasonably well...Copy !req
562. so far.Copy !req
563. I'd like to find out why...Copy !req
564. and I think an analysis
of one of your hallucinations...Copy !req
565. would be the right place to start.Copy !req
566. Will it hurt?Copy !req
567. It won't hurt you.Copy !req
568. You might catch yourself
sliding in and out...Copy !req
569. of a hallucinatory state
after this is all over.Copy !req
570. If you do, just relax and enjoy it.
It'll soon go away.Copy !req
571. But for now, I think that
you'll find a little S-and-M...Copy !req
572. will be necessary to trigger off
a good, healthy series of hallucinations.Copy !req
573. - That's why our Videodrome show is so strange.Copy !req
574. Something to do with the effects of exposure
to violence on the nervous system.Copy !req
575. It opens up receptors
in the brain and the spine...Copy !req
576. and that allows
the Videodrome signal to sink in.Copy !req
577. You mean I'm gonna have
to hurt you, Barry?Copy !req
578. 'Fraid not. You don't have
to actually hurt anybody.Copy !req
579. You just have to think about it.Copy !req
580. Wha-a-a - That's too bright!
I can't take it!Copy !req
581. - Yes! I forgot! Sorry! How's that?
- Shit.Copy !req
582. - Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's fine.Copy !req
583. Okay, we're rolling.Copy !req
584. The taping mechanism
is all self-contained.Copy !req
585. You don't have to do
anything now but hallucinate.Copy !req
586. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.Copy !req
587. I'll come back for you later.Copy !req
588. You'll forgive me if I don't
stay around to watch.Copy !req
589. I just can't cope with the freaky stuff.Copy !req
590. Nicki?Copy !req
591. - Nicki.
- Well, here we are at last...Copy !req
592. right where we oughta be:Copy !req
593. on Videodrome.Copy !req
594. What are you waiting for, lover?Copy !req
595. Let's perform.Copy !req
596. Let's open those neural floodgates.Copy !req
597. Aah!Copy !req
598. Aah!Copy !req
599. Aah!Copy !req
600. - Aah!Copy !req
601. What's going on, Professor O'Blivion?Copy !req
602. I mean, really.Copy !req
603. Oh.Copy !req
604. Oh, Masha.Copy !req
605. Harlan...Copy !req
606. it's Max.Copy !req
607. Can you come over to my apartment?
Right away.Copy !req
608. Yeah, I'm serious.Copy !req
609. - Come on in.
- Well, here I am, patrón.Copy !req
610. Camera. Flashgun. What's up?
You wanna be a centerfold?Copy !req
611. I want you to go
into my bedroom...Copy !req
612. and I want you to take a look
at what's in my bed.Copy !req
613. Uncover it. Don't be shy.
I want pictures.Copy !req
614. - Pictures of what's in your bed?
- Yeah. Do it.Copy !req
615. Sure. Okay.Copy !req
616. Oh, God.Copy !req
617. Well?Copy !req
618. Max.Copy !req
619. I don't see anything.Copy !req
620. You didn't just want me to shoot
your bed, pillows, sheets...Copy !req
621. did you?Copy !req
622. - It's disa -
- Max, are you in some kind of drug warp?Copy !req
623. I've got friends who can help.
Bridey said she came by
a couple of days ago. You were -Copy !req
624. Did you tape Videodrome
last night?Copy !req
625. If it was transmitted,
the machine would've caught it.Copy !req
626. I'll meet you in the lab in one hour.
I wanna see it.Copy !req
627. - Jeez, it's not even 7:00 a.m.
- I'm not fucking around! Do you understand?Copy !req
628. Well, fuck you. I'm not some fucking
servomechanism you can switch on.Copy !req
629. You want me to run around like an asshole,
tell me what I'm doing it for.Copy !req
630. Otherwise, I'll see you
during office hours, patrón.Copy !req
631. Harlan... you're right.Copy !req
632. It's momentum. I'm runnin' like an express
train here. I don't know how to stop.Copy !req
633. Look, I'll meet you
in the lab in one hour.Copy !req
634. Okay? And then we'll see if we pulled in
any Videodrome last night...Copy !req
635. and I'll tell you what's going on.Copy !req
636. Everything. I promise.
Okay?Copy !req
637. Okay. I'm sorry
if I freaked out on you.Copy !req
638. - I don't work with you for the money.
- I know that.Copy !req
639. With pirates, it's never
just for the money, is it?Copy !req
640. You want a cup of cof - No, look.
I'll meet you in the lab in an hour.Copy !req
641. Come on in.Copy !req
642. - Did you look at the tape?Copy !req
643. - Did you see me on Videodrome?
- There was no tape.Copy !req
644. There was no Videodrome
transmission last night?Copy !req
645. Not last night.Copy !req
646. - Aw, fuck!
- Not ever.Copy !req
647. What - What are you talking about?Copy !req
648. I'm out of my depth now, patrón.Copy !req
649. I had to bring in the reinforcements.Copy !req
650. Max.Copy !req
651. An intriguing combination.
Very interesting.Copy !req
652. - Don't let me interrupt.
- I think I was saying something like...Copy !req
653. "What are you talking about?"Copy !req
654. I was playing you tapes, Max.Copy !req
655. Prerecorded cassettes.Copy !req
656. Videodrome has never been transmitted
on an open broadcast circuit.Copy !req
657. Not yet.Copy !req
658. I guess Barry sent you here,
what, two years ago?Copy !req
659. It has been... two years,
hasn't it, Harlan?Copy !req
660. Two. Two wonderful years.Copy !req
661. Why?Copy !req
662. To get you involved.Copy !req
663. To expose you
to the Videodrome signal.Copy !req
664. It didn't affect you because
you never watched it!Copy !req
665. You knew what was there.
You didn't have to see it.Copy !req
666. It really does work
on just about anybody.Copy !req
667. Anybody who watches it, Max.Copy !req
668. But why would anybody watch it?Copy !req
669. Why would anybody watch
a scum show like Videodrome?Copy !req
670. Why did you watch it, Max?Copy !req
671. - Business reasons.
- Sure. Sure.Copy !req
672. What about the other reasons?Copy !req
673. Why deny you get your kicks
out of watching torture and murder?Copy !req
674. You murdered Brian O'Blivion,
didn't you, you freak?Copy !req
675. Did you enjoy that?Copy !req
676. North America's getting soft, patrón.Copy !req
677. And the rest of the world
is getting tough.Copy !req
678. Very, very tough.Copy !req
679. We're entering savage new times...Copy !req
680. and we're going to have to be pure...Copy !req
681. and direct...Copy !req
682. and strong...Copy !req
683. if we're gonna survive them.Copy !req
684. Now, you and this, uh...Copy !req
685. cesspool you call a television station...Copy !req
686. and, uh, your people
who wallow around in it...Copy !req
687. and, uh, your viewers...Copy !req
688. who watch you do it -Copy !req
689. you're rotting us away
from the inside.Copy !req
690. We intend to stop that rot.Copy !req
691. We're gonna start
with Channel 83, Max.Copy !req
692. We're gonna use it for our first authentic
transmissions of Videodrome.Copy !req
693. I have a hunch it's gonna be
very popular... for a while.Copy !req
694. I've gotta be hallucinating now, right?Copy !req
695. I mean...Copy !req
696. you two can't possibly be for real.Copy !req
697. Ah, we did record
your hallucinations, Max...Copy !req
698. as I said we would.Copy !req
699. And we did analyze them.Copy !req
700. You're ready for something new.Copy !req
701. That's terrific.Copy !req
702. What do you, uh -
What do you want from me?Copy !req
703. I want you to open up, Max.Copy !req
704. Open up to me.Copy !req
705. I've got something
I want to play for you.Copy !req
706. Oh, my God!Copy !req
707. We want Channel 83, Max.Copy !req
708. - Give it to us.Copy !req
709. Give us Channel 83.Copy !req
710. Kill your partners.Copy !req
711. Kill them.Copy !req
712. Kill your partners
and give us Channel 83.Copy !req
713. Aah.Copy !req
714. Give us Channel 83.Copy !req
715. Kill your partners.Copy !req
716. Kill them.Copy !req
717. Kill your partners
and give us Channel 83.Copy !req
718. Hello, Max.Copy !req
719. How ya doin', Max?Copy !req
720. Where's Moses?Copy !req
721. He's in a meeting with Rafe.
I'll tell him you want him.Copy !req
722. Don't.Copy !req
723. We dub in a funny track. Gentle comedy.Copy !req
724. Mm-hmm.
And you'd be the one to write it?Copy !req
725. Yeah. Yeah, I would. I used to write
in high school, then I lost it.Copy !req
726. Hi, Max.Copy !req
727. You're just in time to throw some light
on an interesting problem.Copy !req
728. Don't.Copy !req
729. Max.Copy !req
730. What the fuck?Copy !req
731. Jesús!Copy !req
732. It was from the boardroom!Copy !req
733. Max, what happened?
Are you hurt?Copy !req
734. - They killed - They -
- What happened?Copy !req
735. - They killed us!
- What happened?Copy !req
736. - Jesús! Look out!Copy !req
737. Help!Copy !req
738. In here! In here!Copy !req
739. Get out! Just clear outta here!Copy !req
740. Come - Get out!Copy !req
741. Let me see.Copy !req
742. Max!Copy !req
743. Max.Copy !req
744. Kill Bianca O'Blivion.Copy !req
745. She knows too much.Copy !req
746. She can hurt us.Copy !req
747. Don't let her hurt us, Max.Copy !req
748. Kill her.
Kill Bianca O'Blivion.Copy !req
749. Bianca O'Blivion.Copy !req
750. I run Civic TV.Copy !req
751. I was on a talk show
with your father.Copy !req
752. So it was to be you after all.Copy !req
753. You've come to kill me.Copy !req
754. No. No, I'm Max Renn.
I run Civic TV. I don't -Copy !req
755. - I don't kill people.
- Oh, but you do.Copy !req
756. You're an assassin now
for Videodrome.Copy !req
757. They can program you.Copy !req
758. They can play you
Iike a videotape recorder.Copy !req
759. They can make you do
what they want...Copy !req
760. and they want you to destroy
whatever is left of Brian O'Blivion.Copy !req
761. They want you to destroy me.Copy !req
762. Destroy you?Copy !req
763. They killed her, Max.
They killed Nicki Brand.Copy !req
764. She died on Videodrome.Copy !req
765. They used her image to seduce you,
but she was already dead.Copy !req
766. Don't back away.Copy !req
767. I stole it from them
just for you to see.Copy !req
768. Videodrome is death.Copy !req
769. That's better.Copy !req
770. So much better.Copy !req
771. It's always painful
to remove the cassette...Copy !req
772. to change the program.Copy !req
773. But now that we have...Copy !req
774. you'll see that you've become something
quite different from what you were.Copy !req
775. You've become
the video word made flesh.Copy !req
776. I am the video word made flesh.Copy !req
777. And now that you are
the video word made flesh...Copy !req
778. you know what you have to do.Copy !req
779. You turn against Videodrome.Copy !req
780. You use the weapons they've given you
to destroy them.Copy !req
781. Death to Videodrome.Copy !req
782. Long live the new flesh.Copy !req
783. Death to Videodrome.Copy !req
784. Long live the new flesh.Copy !req
785. It was only 26 hours ago
in the building you see behind me...Copy !req
786. that a bizarre, apparently
motiveless shooting occurred...Copy !req
787. which has triggered off
an intensive manhunt by Metro Police.Copy !req
788. Thirty-four-year-old Max Renn,
president of the Civic TV Corporation...Copy !req
789. is being sought in connection
with the shooting deaths...Copy !req
790. of two executives
at Channel 83 -Copy !req
791. You wanna see the monkey dance,
you pay the piper.Copy !req
792. See what I'm sayin', Teddy? You know
how much my monkey's batteries cost?Copy !req
793. They don't last in the cold.
The cold knocks 'em right out.Copy !req
794. I can't dance.
I would if I could.Copy !req
795. But, uh, I can't, so -Copy !req
796. You got some change, Teddy?
You got somethin'. Ηalf a buck. Teddy, yeah.Copy !req
797. - A quarter. You got somethin', Teddy.Copy !req
798. Can't ya put somethin' in, Teddy?Copy !req
799. Well, hello, sport.Copy !req
800. They call me Brolley.
How can I help you, sir?Copy !req
801. - Just looking.
- Yeah, man.Copy !req
802. Well, that's a good one.Copy !req
803. There ain't much to see here, but
take your time and have a good look anyway.Copy !req
804. Ah, what this?Copy !req
805. Yeah, this is one hell
of a scrip you got here.Copy !req
806. Very tricky grind.Copy !req
807. Can't imagine you'd see things
too clear without them, you know.Copy !req
808. Well, don't worry at all.
I'm gonna get you fixed up in no time flat.Copy !req
809. Where's Convex?Copy !req
810. Oh, setting up his trade show.Copy !req
811. - Oh.
- Gotta introduce the spring line.Copy !req
812. - What's in the box?
- Your head.Copy !req
813. - Got your head in this box.Copy !req
814. Ah.Copy !req
815. You've been busy, Max.Copy !req
816. Been readin' about you in the papers.Copy !req
817. Ηave you been
to see Bianca O'Blivion?Copy !req
818. - I saw her.
- And she give you any trouble?Copy !req
819. No.Copy !req
820. Well, that's good.Copy !req
821. Maybe you'd like to visit
somebody else now.Copy !req
822. - Is that why you're here?
- Maybe.Copy !req
823. You've been very useful to us, Max.Copy !req
824. We'd like to keep using you
until you're all gone.Copy !req
825. Open up to me.Copy !req
826. Got something
I wanna play for you.Copy !req
827. See ya in Pittsburgh.Copy !req
828. Mommy, look at the big ka-boom!Copy !req
829. Tracey, come back here!Copy !req
830. - Stay with Mommy.
- I want - I wanna see it.Copy !req
831. You come with me.Copy !req
832. Come on.
We're going home now.Copy !req
833. Well, you know me.Copy !req
834. - Yeah, we know you.
- And I sure know you.Copy !req
835. - Every one of you!Copy !req
836. We're here to celebrate the arrival
of our spring collection...Copy !req
837. the Medici line...Copy !req
838. and our theme for this year
is based on two quotes...Copy !req
839. from the famous Renaissance
statesman and patron of the arts...Copy !req
840. Lorenzo de Medici.Copy !req
841. "Love comes in at the eye,"Copy !req
842. and "The eye is the window of the soul."Copy !req
843. Now, I think that even Pete...Copy !req
844. oughta be able to sell the hell
out of a classy campaign like that.Copy !req
845. Oh, God!Copy !req
846. - No!Copy !req
847. Death to Videodrome!
Long live the new flesh!Copy !req
848. I was hoping you'd be back.Copy !req
849. I'm here to guide you, Max.Copy !req
850. I've learned a lot
since I last saw you.Copy !req
851. I've learned that death is not the end.Copy !req
852. I can help you.Copy !req
853. I don't know where I am now.Copy !req
854. I'm having trouble...Copy !req
855. finding my way around.Copy !req
856. That's because you've gone just about
as far as you can with the way things are.Copy !req
857. Videodrome still exists.
It's very big, very complex.Copy !req
858. You've hurt them,
but you haven't destroyed them.Copy !req
859. To do that, you have to
go on to the next phase.Copy !req
860. What phase is that?Copy !req
861. Your body has already
done a lot of changing...Copy !req
862. but that's only the beginning -Copy !req
863. the beginning of the new flesh.Copy !req
864. You have to go all the way now -Copy !req
865. a total transformation.Copy !req
866. Do you think you're ready?Copy !req
867. I guess I am.Copy !req
868. How do we do it?Copy !req
869. To become the new flesh,
you first have to kill the old flesh.Copy !req
870. But don't be afraid.Copy !req
871. Don't be afraid
to let your body die.Copy !req
872. Just come to me, Max.Copy !req
873. Come to Nicki.Copy !req
874. Watch. I'll show you how.Copy !req
875. It's easy.Copy !req
876. Long live the new flesh.Copy !req
877. Long live the new flesh.Copy !req