David Cronenberg’s classic “Videodrome” is getting a packed Special Edition from Arrow in August
The classic (and one of my personal favourites) Videodrome is heading to special edition Blu-ray from Arrow on August 10th.
This is NOT a steelbook release, but in typical Arrow fashion this 4 disc set (2 x Blu-ray, 2 x DVD) is packed to bursting with features. I can’t wait. Pre-orders are live right now, from all good (and evil) online retailers. Prices vary, so take your pick:
Pre-order: Amazon UK | Zavvi | Base.com
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
- High Definition digital transfers of the uncut version of Videodrome and four of Cronenberg’s early works
- Original uncompressed mono audio tracks for all films
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for all films
- Limited Edition packaging, fully illustrated by Gilles Vranckx
- Limited Edition Exclusive Extras
VIDEODROME BLU-RAY DISC 1 AND DVD DISC 2:
- Restored high-definition digital transfer of the unrated version, approved by director David Cronenberg and cinematographer Mark Irwin
- Audio commentary by Tim Lucas, the on-set correspondent for Cinefantastique Magazine and author of Videodrome: Studies in the Horror Film
- David Cronenberg and the Cinema of the Extreme – A documentary programme featuring interviews with Cronenberg, George A. Romero and Alex Cox on Cronenberg’s cinema, censorship and the horror genre
- Forging the New Flesh – A documentary programme by filmmaker Michael Lennick on Videodrome’s video and prosthetic make up effects
- Videoblivion – A brand new interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin
- A brand new interview with producer Pierre David
- AKA Jack Martin – Dennis Etchison, author of novelizations of Videodrome, Halloween, Halloween II and III and The Fog, discusses Videodrome and his observations of Cronenberg’s script
- The complete uncensored Samurai Dreams footage with additional Videodrome broadcasts with optional commentary by Michael Lennick
- Helmet Test and Betamax
- Camera (2000) – Cronenberg’s short film starring Videodrome’s Les Carlson
Fear on Film: A round table discussion from 1982 with Cronenberg, John Carpenter, John Landis and Mick Garris - Promotional featurette with behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Cronenberg, James Woods, Deborah Harry and Rick Baker
- Original theatrical trailers
DAVID CRONENBERG’S EARLY WORKS: BLU-RAY DISC 3 AND DVD DISC 4 [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE]
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of four Cronenberg films:
- Transfer (1966) & From the Drain (1967 – Cronenberg’s previously unavailable short films newly restored by the Toronto International Film Festival [7 & 12 mins]
- Stereo (1969) & Crimes of the Future (1970) – Cronenberg’s early amateur feature films, shot in and around his university campus, prefigure his later works’ concerns with strange institutions (much like Videodrome’s Spectacular Optical) as well as male/female separation (Dead Ringers) and ESP (Scanners). Newly restored from original lab elements [65 & 70 mins]
- Transfer the Future Author and critic Kim Newman discusses Cronenberg’s early works
- COLLECTOR’S BOOKLET [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE]
