Videodrome
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Civic TV... |
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the one you take to bed with you. |
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Max, it's that time again: |
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Time to slowly, painfully |
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No, I'm not a dream... |
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although I've been told |
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Who told you that? |
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I'm nothing less than |
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here with your wake-up call of today, |
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You got that? |
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Wednesday the 23rd. |
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And I have a message. |
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Remember your meeting this morning at 6:30... |
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with Shinji Kuraki of Hiroshima Video. |
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This meeting is to take place... |
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at the Classic Hotel, suite 17. |
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And needless to say, |
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Don't you know anyone |
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Over and out, Commander. |
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Civic TV, |
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- Cindy, open the door, will ya? |
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Come on. You know I love ya. |
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- Get outta here! |
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For fuck's sake, open the door! |
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I want you out of this place! |
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For fuck's sake, open the door! |
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You just gotta open |
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Well, I looked over the stills. |
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I am interested a little bit. |
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- How many shows you got? |
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With a possibility of another six |
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- You got cassettes? |
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No, hold it. |
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Number 13. |
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But you won't understand anything. |
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My audience ain't gonna see |
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What do you think? |
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Can we get away with it? |
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I think Oriental sex is a natural. |
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I think it'll get us an audience |
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I don't like it. |
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- Not tacky enough for what? |
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Too much class. Bad for sex. |
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Maybe. |
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I don't know. |
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It's soft. |
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Something too... |
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soft about it. |
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I'm lookin' for something that'll |
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tough. |
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Hey, Harlan, uh - Huh? |
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Oh. Okay. |
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Here we go. |
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Now, it'll come through on that. |
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Now, we only got about 53 seconds, |
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They've got an unscrambler scrambler, |
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It sensed that we were unscrambling... |
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and, uh, automatically |
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What satellite is it coming from? |
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- Snooker, I think. |
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Uh, let me see. Uh - |
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Assuming 53 seconds |
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I'd say somewhere, uh... |
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in Malaysia? |
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Okay, here we go. |
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This is it. |
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What is that wall behind her? |
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Yeah. Wet clay. |
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I think it's electrified. |
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That's it? |
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That's it. |
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Grotesque, as promised. |
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Okay. Can you hang a search on it |
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Already workin' on it. |
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I was pretty insulted when it just |
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Well, patrón, interested? |
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Yeah. Harlan, can you do something |
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I mean, uh, this is supposed to be |
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Sí, patrón. |
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You always find yourself |
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even if you've been doing it |
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Oh, yeah. Oh, for sure. |
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- Course, that's part of the excitement of it. |
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Want a smoke? |
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No, thanks. |
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- Max, just relax. |
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And now here it is: The Rena King Show. |
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And this afternoon, |
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controversial president of Channel 83, |
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and media prophet |
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Take it away, Rena. |
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Max Renn... |
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your television station |
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everything |
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to hard-core violence. |
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- Why? |
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We're, uh, small. |
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In order to survive, we have to give people |
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and, uh - and we do that. |
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But don't you feel |
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to a social climate of violence |
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- And do you care? |
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I care enough, in fact, |
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a harmless outlet for their fantasies |
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As far as I'm concerned, |
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What about it, Nicki? |
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Well, I think we live |
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We crave stimulation |
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We gorge ourselves on it. |
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We always want more, whether |
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and I think that's bad. |
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Then why did you wear that dress? |
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- Sorry? |
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It's very stimulating, and-and it's red. |
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You know what Freud would |
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And he would've been right. |
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I live in a highly excited |
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Listen, I'd really like to take you |
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- Professor O'Blivion. |
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Do you think erotic TV shows |
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lead to desensitization... |
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to dehumanization? |
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The television screen has become |
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Yes. |
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That's why I refuse |
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except on television. |
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Of course, O'Blivion is not |
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That's my television name. |
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Soon all of us |
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names designed to cause |
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- Yes. |
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Nicki, is Max Renn |
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I'm not sure. |
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He's certainly a menace to me. |
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When does the plot, |
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I mean, who is this black guy? |
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There's no plot. |
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It just goes on like that for an hour. |
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- Goes on like what? |
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Torture, murder... |
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Mutilation. |
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- We never leave that room? |
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- It's a real sicko. |
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- For perverts only. |
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I mean, look, there's almost |
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You can't take your eyes off it. |
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Where do they get actors |
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- Oh, help me. I think he wants it. |
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It's worth checking out. |
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Did you have any trouble |
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Not after I realized |
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- It's not coming from Malaysia? |
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Har- Harlan, |
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Pittsburgh. |
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Pittsburgh? |
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Pittsburgh. |
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Get professional help. |
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But it's not me. It's my sister. |
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It's not your sister. |
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Can't you tell? |
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You want help. |
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You're going insane. I can hear you |
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I've got your number, haven't I? |
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I hate my sister. |
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I don't want to. |
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But I do. I do. |
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Will you call our Distress Center? |
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Will you call |
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They'll tell you where |
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And you need it. |
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I will. I will. |
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We'll return to Nicki Brand... |
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and the Emotional Rescue show |
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This is CRAM in Toronto, |
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- Got any porno? |
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Yeah. |
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What's this? "Videodrome." |
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Torture, murder. |
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Sounds great. |
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Ain't exactly sex. |
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Says who? |
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- God, I can't believe it. |
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No, no, no. It's okay. |
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Can you get it any clearer? |
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It's a pirate tape. |
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I like it. |
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- Yeah? |
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Take out your Swiss Army knife |
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just -just a little. |
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Looks like somebody's |
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I wonder how you get |
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I don't know. Nobody ever |
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What did you say happened |
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A friend. |
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- You let somebody cut you? |
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What do you think? |
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Well, l-I don't know. |
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You wanna try a few things? |
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Oh. |
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Oh. |
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Max, thank God. Masha Borowczyk |
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- Masha. |
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- Didn't you get my message? |
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- Coffee. Cigarette. Office. Masha. Go. |
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She's hot to trot. |
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I call it... |
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Apollo and Dionysus. |
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Masha, does it ever get good? |
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It's all good. |
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Darling... |
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I am looking |
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contemporary. |
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I want something that's gonna show people |
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This stuff is too - It's too naïiïve. |
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It's too sweet, like you, darling. |
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Well, it's your market. |
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Do you know a show |
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- Video-what? |
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Videodrome, |
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- You know it? |
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It's just torture and murder. |
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No plot, no characters. |
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I think it's what's next. |
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Then God help us. |
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Better on TV than on the street. |
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Arnold on line three. |
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You interested in, uh, |
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I'll see that you get |
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I'm interested. |
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Max... |
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did you ever think... |
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of producing your own show? |
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Right here? |
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I could be your agent... |
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worldwide. |
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I could sell subterranean |
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- No, I don't have the temperament. |
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what kind of show would you do? |
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I mean, |
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Would you do... Videodrome? |
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Max. |
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- Mm-hmm. |
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on assignment. |
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Guess where? |
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L.A. |
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- Pittsburgh. |
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Don't stay in the sun too long. |
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Oh, come on. |
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Yeah. Why? |
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I'm gonna audition. |
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I was made for that show. |
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Nobody on earth |
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Hey. Listen to me. |
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- Listen to me. |
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I want you to stay away from it. |
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Those mondo weirdo video guys, |
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They play rough, rougher than |
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Do you understand me? |
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Sounds like a challenge. |
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Got a cigarette? |
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It's not a challenge. |
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I swear. You know, in Brazil, |
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making underground video |
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They execute people for it. |
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Max. |
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Nicki, don't! |
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Nicki, don't. |
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Don't. |
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- Do you have a hangover? |
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Did you get in touch |
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In a way. |
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- Subterranean grapevine. |
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Max... |
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Videodrome is something |
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It is definitely not |
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Channel 83 is |
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It is still too public. |
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- Do you understand me? |
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I think it's dangerous, Max, |
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- Why? It's Mafia? They do business. |
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It's more, um - |
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More political than that. |
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- Come on, Masha. What are we talkin' about? |
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What you see on that show... |
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it's for real. |
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It's not acting. |
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I don't believe it. |
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So don't believe. |
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Why do it for real? |
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It's easier and safer to fake it. |
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Because it has something... |
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that you don't have, Max. |
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It has a philosophy... |
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- and that is what makes it dangerous. |
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There must be a name. |
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Give me a name I can talk to. |
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I stay away from the scary stuff. |
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Max... |
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you are going to have to |
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We can take a shower together, |
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I'm sure you would be |
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but, uh, you're a little older |
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Thank you... |
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so much. |
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Sell me a name... |
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and I'll make Apollo and Dionysus |
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That hurts me, Max. |
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Hey, the world's |
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Yes, Max. |
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It is. |
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Brian O'Blivion. |
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That is the only name |
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Professor Brian O'Blivion. |
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Wait, where you goin'? Come back here. |
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Hey. Hey, buddy. Got a fag? |
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- Are they goin'in now? |
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- Gotta have a smoke and a cup of coffee. |
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They don't serve coffee there. |
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I don't need to put up |
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Take a good look at me. |
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Let's go. |
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Hello. Move along. |
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Move out of my way! |
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Hello. |
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Keep on. |
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Keep going, keep going. |
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Come on. Step along. |
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- Bianca O'Blivion? |
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I'm Max Renn. I, uh - |
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I did a panel show with Prof. O'Blivion. |
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Oh, yes. You said some |
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Violence, sex, imagination, catharsis. |
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- My exact words. |
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I wanna talk with your father... |
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about a new twist in video |
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I love the view. |
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You look like them, |
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Think it's a style that's coming back. |
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In their case, Mr. Renn, |
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It's a disease forced on them by their |
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You think a few doses ofTV |
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Watching TVwill help patch them |
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Absolutely. |
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And I guess you encourage Father's derelicts |
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The world's mixing board? |
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Professor O'Blivion sends video letters |
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- Is the Professor here? |
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Once you've told me what this visit is all |
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If he does, which format |
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If he does, it's gonna |
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My father has not engaged in conversation |
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The monologue |
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Format. |
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Videodrome. |
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Is that a Japanese configuration? |
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- You've never heard of it? |
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Then there have been serious gaps |
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Videodrome. |
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Mention it to your father. |
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I love the view. |
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Torture, murder, mutilation. |
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Videodrome. |
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What you see on that show... |
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it's for real. |
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I'm gonna audition. |
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I was made for that show. |
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It has something |
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It has a philosophy, |
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Hi. This is |
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and this came to the office |
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- What did they say at CRAM? |
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is definitely not |
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She had a month off coming. |
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Don't touch that! |
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Jesus, Max, you scared me. |
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What the hell's wrong with you? |
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I don't know, man. I think I'm gettin', |
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- Uh - |
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Are you all right? |
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Hit me? |
00:33:27 |
You didn't hit me. |
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No? No. |
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Do you want me to stay here? |
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- Uh - |
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- Can I get you something? |
00:33:45 |
No, I'm just, uh - |
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Uh, I'm - |
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I'm exhausted. |
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and I guess I'm still not out of it. |
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I'll remember to set the timer. |
00:33:58 |
- You're sure? Are you sure? |
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Thanks, Bridey. |
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Max, that other cassette |
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I promised |
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Will you call me |
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The battle for the mind |
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will be fought in the video arena: |
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The Videodrome. |
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The television screen |
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Therefore, the television screen is part |
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Therefore, whatever appears |
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emerges as raw experience |
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Therefore, television is reality... |
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and reality is less than television. |
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Max. |
00:35:47 |
I'm so glad you came to me. |
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I've been through it all |
00:35:55 |
Your reality is already |
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If you're not careful, |
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You'll have to learn to live |
00:36:10 |
I had a brain tumor... |
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and I had visions. |
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I believed the visions |
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and not the reverse. |
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I could feel the visions |
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Uncontrollable flesh. |
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But when they removed the tumor... |
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it was called Videodrome. |
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I was the - |
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L- I... |
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was Videodrome's... |
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first victim. |
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But who's behind it? |
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I want you, Max. |
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You. |
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Come to me. |
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Come to Nicki. |
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Come on. |
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Don't make me wait. |
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Please. |
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I want you, Max. |
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You. |
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Come on. |
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Come on. |
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Come to me now. |
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Come to Nicki. |
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Don't keep me waiting. |
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Please. |
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Please. |
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Today Lady Luck |
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and start them on the road |
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We have a new group of people |
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- so tell the staff about that. |
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Exciting. Very lively. |
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Careful. It bites. |
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- You watched the cassette? |
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- And? |
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I'm not surprised. |
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Because your father admits |
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More than that. It bites. |
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What kind of teeth |
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It triggered off a series of hallucinations. |
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- First time ever? |
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- ever since - |
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Since I first saw Videodrome. |
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How did you come |
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Pirate satellite dish. |
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A- An accident. |
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I made some tapes. |
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This is part of my own |
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But that tape is just your father |
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The tone of the hallucinations is determined |
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But the Videodrome signal, |
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it can be delivered |
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Mmm. |
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Damage? |
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The signal induces |
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It's the tumor that creates |
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You let me watch it? |
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I expect them to come to me eventually |
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Now I realize you're |
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like Father was. |
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Where is your father? |
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He's in there. |
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I'm afraid he'll disappoint you. |
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This is him. |
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- This is all that's left. |
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Brian O'Blivion died quietly |
00:41:19 |
- The brain problem? |
00:41:24 |
- You have it too. |
00:41:28 |
On tape. |
00:41:31 |
Sometimes three or four a day. |
00:41:33 |
I keep him alive as best I can. |
00:41:36 |
He had so much to offer. |
00:41:38 |
My father helped |
00:41:41 |
He saw it as the next phase in the evolution |
00:41:46 |
When he realized what his partners |
00:41:49 |
he tried to take it |
00:41:51 |
And they killed him. |
00:41:55 |
At the end, he was convinced |
00:41:59 |
was more real than |
00:42:02 |
He wasn't afraid |
00:42:11 |
Tell me about |
00:42:14 |
My father knows much more |
00:42:17 |
Listen to him. |
00:42:26 |
Where's Harlan? |
00:42:28 |
- I think he's up in V.T.R. Max - |
00:42:34 |
- Harlan. |
00:42:37 |
Have you been hallucinating lately? |
00:42:40 |
No. |
00:42:42 |
- Should I be? |
00:42:45 |
You should be. |
00:42:50 |
I believe... |
00:42:52 |
that the growth in my head - |
00:42:55 |
this head, this one right here - |
00:42:59 |
I think that it is not |
00:43:03 |
not an uncontrolled, |
00:43:08 |
but that it is in fact... |
00:43:11 |
a new organ... |
00:43:13 |
a new part of the brain. |
00:43:16 |
I think that massive doses |
00:43:20 |
will ultimately create |
00:43:25 |
of the human brain... |
00:43:27 |
which will produce |
00:43:31 |
to the point that it will |
00:43:35 |
After all, there is nothing real... |
00:43:38 |
outside our perception of reality... |
00:43:42 |
is there? |
00:43:46 |
You can see that, can't you? |
00:45:33 |
- Max Renn? |
00:45:35 |
Who is this? |
00:45:37 |
Barry Convex would like to talk |
00:45:40 |
I've got a car waiting |
00:46:22 |
Please direct your attention to |
00:46:26 |
Mr. Convex has recorded |
00:46:41 |
Hi, I'm Barry Convex, |
00:46:46 |
and I'd like to invite you |
00:46:50 |
an enthusiastic global corporate citizen. |
00:46:54 |
We make inexpensive glasses |
00:46:56 |
and missile guidance systems for NATO. |
00:47:00 |
We also make Videodrome, Max... |
00:47:02 |
and as I'm sure you know... |
00:47:04 |
when it's ready for the marketplace, |
00:47:09 |
It can be a giant hallucination machine |
00:47:14 |
But it's not ready. |
00:47:19 |
We thought nobody |
00:47:21 |
He's good, that Harlan. |
00:47:26 |
Well, now that you have... |
00:47:29 |
I think we oughta have |
00:47:32 |
I thought maybe... my place? |
00:48:46 |
I hope you realize |
00:48:50 |
That's our spring line. |
00:48:54 |
I brought it with me for a trade show |
00:48:58 |
Max Renn, I'm Barry Convex. |
00:49:05 |
I - |
00:49:07 |
I think that machinery |
00:49:09 |
too much for the shape of your face. |
00:49:11 |
Overwhelms you. |
00:49:13 |
Try something more, uh, spidery... |
00:49:16 |
more delicate. |
00:49:22 |
Here she is. |
00:49:25 |
This is the little number |
00:49:30 |
Max... |
00:49:32 |
I would like you |
00:49:36 |
I would like to use this machine |
00:49:42 |
Then I would like to take that tape |
00:49:47 |
Do I get to keep the copyright? |
00:49:49 |
I mean, I'd hate to see it show up as |
00:49:53 |
Max, I'm trying to help you. |
00:49:55 |
What makes you think |
00:49:58 |
None of our test subjects |
00:50:03 |
They're all in need |
00:50:08 |
Now, you seem |
00:50:11 |
so far. |
00:50:13 |
I'd like to find out why... |
00:50:15 |
and I think an analysis |
00:50:18 |
would be the right place to start. |
00:50:24 |
Will it hurt? |
00:50:26 |
It won't hurt you. |
00:50:28 |
You might catch yourself |
00:50:30 |
of a hallucinatory state |
00:50:32 |
If you do, just relax and enjoy it. |
00:50:36 |
But for now, I think that |
00:50:40 |
will be necessary to trigger off |
00:50:45 |
That's why our Videodrome show is so strange. |
00:50:49 |
Something to do with the effects of exposure |
00:50:53 |
It opens up receptors |
00:50:55 |
and that allows |
00:50:58 |
You mean I'm gonna have |
00:51:00 |
'Fraid not. You don't have |
00:51:04 |
You just have to think about it. |
00:51:15 |
Wha-a-a -That's too bright! |
00:51:17 |
- Yes! I forgot! Sorry! How's that? |
00:51:19 |
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's fine. |
00:51:28 |
Okay, we're rolling. |
00:51:31 |
The taping mechanism |
00:51:34 |
You don't have to do |
00:51:37 |
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. |
00:51:43 |
I'll come back for you later. |
00:51:48 |
You'll forgive me if I don't |
00:51:52 |
I just can't cope with the freaky stuff. |
00:52:44 |
Nicki? |
00:52:47 |
- Nicki. |
00:52:53 |
right where we oughta be: |
00:52:56 |
On Videodrome. |
00:53:12 |
What are you waiting for, lover? |
00:53:15 |
Let's perform. |
00:53:17 |
Let's open those neural floodgates. |
00:53:45 |
Aah! |
00:53:50 |
Aah! |
00:54:06 |
Aah! |
00:54:11 |
Aah! |
00:54:19 |
Aah! |
00:54:34 |
What's going on, Professor O'Blivion? |
00:54:37 |
I mean, really. |
00:54:39 |
Oh. |
00:55:11 |
Oh, Masha. |
00:55:47 |
Harlan... |
00:55:49 |
it's Max. |
00:55:51 |
Can you come over to my apartment? |
00:55:54 |
Yeah, I'm serious. |
00:55:57 |
- Come on in. |
00:56:00 |
Camera. Flashgun. What's up? |
00:56:04 |
I want you to go |
00:56:06 |
and I want you to take a look |
00:56:08 |
Uncover it. Don't be shy. |
00:56:14 |
- Pictures of what's in your bed? |
00:56:18 |
Sure. Okay. |
00:56:23 |
Oh, God. |
00:56:42 |
Well? |
00:56:47 |
Max. |
00:56:53 |
I don't see anything. |
00:56:56 |
You didn't just want me to shoot |
00:56:59 |
did you? |
00:57:11 |
- It's disa - |
00:57:15 |
I've got friends who can help. |
00:57:19 |
Did you tape Videodrome |
00:57:21 |
If it was transmitted, |
00:57:23 |
I'll meet you in the lab in one hour. |
00:57:26 |
- Jeez, it's not even 7:00 a.m. |
00:57:30 |
Well, fuck you. I'm not some fucking |
00:57:33 |
You want me to run around like an asshole, |
00:57:37 |
Otherwise, I'll see you |
00:57:39 |
Harlan... you're right. |
00:57:42 |
It's momentum. I'm runnin' like an express |
00:57:46 |
Look, I'll meet you |
00:57:49 |
Okay? And then we'll see if we pulled in |
00:57:52 |
and I'll tell you what's going on. |
00:57:54 |
Everything. I promise. |
00:57:57 |
Okay. I'm sorry |
00:58:01 |
- I don't work with you for the money. |
00:58:04 |
With pirates, it's never |
00:58:07 |
You want a cup of cof- No, look. |
00:58:52 |
Come on in. |
00:58:55 |
Did you look at the tape? |
00:58:59 |
- Did you see me on Videodrome? |
00:59:04 |
There was no Videodrome |
00:59:07 |
Not last night. |
00:59:09 |
- Aw, fuck! |
00:59:14 |
What -What are you talking about? |
00:59:20 |
I'm out of my depth now, patrón. |
00:59:22 |
I had to bring in the reinforcements. |
00:59:34 |
Max. |
00:59:38 |
An intriguing combination. |
00:59:42 |
- Don't let me interrupt. |
00:59:45 |
"What are you talking about?" |
00:59:48 |
I was playing you tapes, Max. |
00:59:51 |
Prerecorded cassettes. |
00:59:55 |
Videodrome has never been transmitted |
00:59:58 |
Not yet. |
01:00:00 |
I guess Barry sent you here, |
01:00:03 |
It has been... two years, |
01:00:08 |
Two. Two wonderful years. |
01:00:12 |
Why? |
01:00:19 |
To get you involved. |
01:00:23 |
To expose you |
01:00:27 |
It didn't affect you because |
01:00:31 |
You knew what was there. |
01:00:34 |
It really does work |
01:00:39 |
Anybody who watches it, Max. |
01:00:42 |
But why would anybody watch it? |
01:00:45 |
Why would anybody watch |
01:00:51 |
Why did you watch it, Max? |
01:00:53 |
- Business reasons. |
01:00:59 |
What about the other reasons? |
01:01:01 |
Why deny you get your kicks |
01:01:05 |
You murdered Brian O'Blivion, |
01:01:08 |
Did you enjoy that? |
01:01:19 |
North America's getting soft, patrón. |
01:01:21 |
And the rest of the world |
01:01:25 |
Very, very tough. |
01:01:28 |
We're entering savage new times... |
01:01:30 |
and we're going to have to be pure... |
01:01:34 |
and direct... |
01:01:36 |
and strong... |
01:01:38 |
if we're gonna survive them. |
01:01:40 |
Now, you and this, uh... |
01:01:45 |
cesspool you call a television station... |
01:01:49 |
and, uh, your people |
01:01:52 |
and, uh, your viewers... |
01:01:55 |
who watch you do it - |
01:01:58 |
you're rotting us away |
01:02:03 |
We intend to stop that rot. |
01:02:05 |
We're gonna start |
01:02:09 |
We're gonna use it for our first authentic |
01:02:13 |
I have a hunch it's gonna be |
01:02:17 |
I've gotta be hallucinating now, right? |
01:02:19 |
I mean... |
01:02:22 |
you two can't possibly be for real. |
01:02:26 |
Ah, we did record |
01:02:29 |
as I said we would. |
01:02:32 |
And we did analyze them. |
01:02:36 |
You're ready for something new. |
01:02:39 |
That's terrific. |
01:02:48 |
What do you, uh - |
01:02:51 |
I want you to open up, Max. |
01:02:54 |
Open up to me. |
01:03:10 |
I've got something |
01:03:16 |
Oh, my God! |
01:03:46 |
We want Channel 83, Max. |
01:03:48 |
Give it to us. |
01:03:51 |
Give us Channel 83. |
01:03:55 |
Kill your partners. |
01:03:58 |
Kill them. |
01:04:00 |
Kill your partners |
01:04:23 |
Aah. |
01:05:43 |
Give us Channel 83. |
01:05:46 |
Kill your partners. |
01:05:49 |
Kill them. |
01:05:51 |
Kill your partners |
01:05:57 |
Hello, Max. |
01:06:10 |
How ya doin', Max? |
01:06:21 |
Where's Moses? |
01:06:24 |
He's in a meeting with Rafe. |
01:06:29 |
Don't. |
01:06:40 |
We dub in a funny track. Gentle comedy. |
01:06:44 |
Mm-hmm. |
01:06:48 |
Yeah. Yeah, I would. I used to write |
01:06:52 |
Hi, Max. |
01:06:54 |
You're just in time to throw some light |
01:07:01 |
Don't. |
01:07:12 |
Max. |
01:07:14 |
What the fuck? |
01:07:20 |
Jesus! |
01:07:23 |
It was from the boardroom! |
01:07:25 |
Max, what happened? |
01:07:27 |
- They killed -They- |
01:07:29 |
- They killed us! |
01:07:32 |
Jesus! Look out! |
01:07:35 |
Help! |
01:07:38 |
In here! In here! |
01:07:41 |
Get out! Just clear outta here! |
01:07:43 |
Come - Get out! |
01:07:46 |
Let me see. |
01:07:51 |
Max! |
01:07:53 |
Max. |
01:08:37 |
Kill Bianca O'Blivion. |
01:08:40 |
She knows too much. |
01:08:43 |
She can hurt us. |
01:08:46 |
Don't let her hurt us, Max. |
01:08:49 |
Kill her. |
01:09:59 |
Bianca O'Blivion. |
01:10:02 |
I run Civic TV. |
01:10:05 |
I was on a talk show |
01:10:08 |
So it was to be you after all. |
01:10:11 |
You've come to kill me. |
01:10:13 |
No. No, I'm Max Renn. |
01:10:22 |
- I don't kill people. |
01:10:26 |
You're an assassin now |
01:10:30 |
They can program you. |
01:10:32 |
They can play you |
01:10:35 |
They can make you do |
01:10:38 |
and they want you to destroy |
01:10:43 |
They want you to destroy me. |
01:10:45 |
Destroy you? |
01:11:16 |
They killed her, Max. |
01:11:24 |
She died on Videodrome. |
01:11:26 |
They used her image to seduce you, |
01:11:31 |
Don't back away. |
01:11:34 |
I stole it from them |
01:11:42 |
Videodrome is death. |
01:12:07 |
That's better. |
01:12:09 |
So much better. |
01:12:15 |
It's always painful |
01:12:20 |
to change the program. |
01:12:24 |
But now that we have... |
01:12:26 |
you'll see that you've become something |
01:12:31 |
You've become |
01:12:36 |
I am the video word made flesh. |
01:12:40 |
And now that you are |
01:12:45 |
you know what you have to do. |
01:12:49 |
You turn against Videodrome. |
01:12:52 |
You use the weapons they've given you |
01:12:57 |
Death to Videodrome. |
01:13:00 |
Long live the new flesh. |
01:13:04 |
Death to Videodrome. |
01:13:10 |
Long live the new flesh. |
01:13:25 |
It was only 26 hours ago |
01:13:28 |
that a bizarre, apparently |
01:13:31 |
which has triggered off |
01:13:34 |
Thirty-four-year-old Max Renn, |
01:13:37 |
is being sought in connection |
01:13:39 |
of two executives |
01:13:41 |
You wanna see the monkey dance, |
01:13:44 |
See what I'm sayin', Teddy? You know |
01:13:47 |
They don't last in the cold. |
01:13:50 |
I can't dance. |
01:13:53 |
But, uh, I can't, so - |
01:13:55 |
You got some change, Teddy? |
01:13:59 |
A quarter. You got somethin', Teddy. |
01:14:03 |
Can't ya put somethin'in, Teddy? |
01:14:50 |
Well, hello, sport. |
01:14:52 |
They call me Brolley. |
01:14:55 |
- Just looking. |
01:14:58 |
Well, that's a good one. |
01:15:00 |
There ain't much to see here, but |
01:15:03 |
Ah, what this? |
01:15:05 |
Yeah, this is one hell |
01:15:10 |
Very tricky grind. |
01:15:12 |
Can't imagine you'd see things |
01:15:15 |
Well, don't worry at all. |
01:15:33 |
Where's Convex? |
01:15:35 |
Oh, setting up his trade show. |
01:15:38 |
- Oh. |
01:15:41 |
- What's in the box? |
01:15:46 |
Got your head in this box. |
01:15:49 |
Ah. |
01:15:51 |
You've been busy, Max. |
01:15:53 |
Been readin' about you in the papers. |
01:15:57 |
Have you been |
01:15:59 |
- I saw her. |
01:16:02 |
No. |
01:16:04 |
Well, that's good. |
01:16:08 |
Maybe you'd like to visit |
01:16:11 |
- Is that why you're here? |
01:16:16 |
You've been very useful to us, Max. |
01:16:18 |
We'd like to keep using you |
01:16:25 |
Open up to me. |
01:16:37 |
Got something |
01:17:24 |
See ya in Pittsburgh. |
01:17:36 |
Mommy, look at the big ka-boom! |
01:17:40 |
Tracey, come back here! |
01:17:42 |
- Stay with Mommy. |
01:17:44 |
You come with me. |
01:17:46 |
Come on. |
01:19:19 |
Well, you know me. |
01:19:21 |
- Yeah, we know you. |
01:19:24 |
Every one of you! |
01:19:31 |
We're here to celebrate the arrival |
01:19:36 |
the Medici line... |
01:19:38 |
and our theme for this year |
01:19:42 |
from the famous Renaissance |
01:19:46 |
Lorenzo de Medici. |
01:19:49 |
"Love comes in at the eye," |
01:19:51 |
and "The eye is the window of the soul." |
01:19:53 |
Now, I think that even Pete... |
01:19:57 |
oughta be able to sell the hell |
01:20:11 |
Oh, God! |
01:20:15 |
No! |
01:20:29 |
Death to Videodrome! |
01:20:52 |
Convex Gagging] |
01:23:34 |
I was hoping you'd be back. |
01:23:36 |
I'm here to guide you, Max. |
01:23:39 |
I've learned a lot |
01:23:42 |
I've learned that death is not the end. |
01:23:45 |
I can help you. |
01:23:48 |
I don't know where I am now. |
01:23:50 |
I'm having trouble... |
01:23:53 |
finding my way around. |
01:23:55 |
That's because you've gone just about |
01:24:00 |
Videodrome still exists. |
01:24:06 |
You've hurt them, |
01:24:09 |
To do that, you have to |
01:24:13 |
What phase is that? |
01:24:15 |
Your body has already |
01:24:18 |
but that's only the beginning - |
01:24:20 |
the beginning of the new flesh. |
01:24:24 |
You have to go all the way now - |
01:24:27 |
a total transformation. |
01:24:30 |
Do you think you're ready? |
01:24:34 |
I guess I am. |
01:24:37 |
How do we do it? |
01:24:40 |
To become the new flesh, |
01:24:45 |
But don't be afraid. |
01:24:47 |
Don't be afraid |
01:24:51 |
Just come to me, Max. |
01:24:53 |
Come to Nicki. |
01:24:56 |
Watch. I'll show you how. |
01:24:59 |
It's easy. |
01:25:30 |
Long live the new flesh. |
01:26:22 |
Long live the new flesh. |