Videodrome

“So immediately I see Cronenberg, Videodrome. I did a movie, Faces of Death, and this was a big, big inspiration.”

“Oh wait, what about this one? To pick a David Cronenberg film for keeping things wild and if you're wanting to take risks, remind yourself to do it. He's the person to make yourself trust your gut.”

“Oh, Videodrome. This movie is another one. This is like one of those movies that you watch and you’re like, 'Who’s the dude that came up with this?' Yeah, and James Woods is... James Woods has this thing about him... I just want to punch him in the face. But also I think he’s amazing all at the same time. He’s so, so good in this. And also, like, what a crazy movie. I did a movie with Debbie Harry... One of the first things I asked her about was this movie.”

“When I was a kid like Videodrome... Thought of ingesting all of these DVDs into my stomach...”

“Videodrome. Now, the first five minutes are off-putting. I get it. But we live in this right now. You’re on the internet. You’re on the television. We’re imitating what we see through our art, through our lives, the way that we communicate. So shout out to Davy boy for doing this. I watch this on airplanes, I watch it with my family at the house and they tell me to turn my weird movies off. This is the one. Please, please watch this.”

“That's very funny. Whoever in art decided to do that deserves, you know, an award. That's really good for Videodrome.”

“Well, of course. Videodrome. Cronenberg. Amazing. I like this one.”

“This is a kind of a weird one. Videodrome. David Cronenberg, a crazy Canadian genius. The reason I saw this movie again, I'd seen it back when I was young in the 80s, was because the Criterion app had a little collection of movies, a theme collection of movies called VHS Forever, and it was basically movies that had VHS as a big plot point. Also, Blondie is in this, so it's very cool. And a very young James Woods. Very cool movie.”

“I’m going to grab Videodrome for Barney. He has a shirt that says, “Cronenberg for President,” so that’s going to go in the bag. If only. Yeah. Perfect. Thanks. Cool. Thanks, my love.”