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Contents 1 Where's the movie poster? 2 As in French French? 3 Trivia, or Coincidence? 4 Another musical reference 5 Set in Toronto?

[edit] Where's the movie poster?

I'm not sure if it was a copyright issue, but wasn't there a movie poster there before? --Tokachu 06:46, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] As in French French?

The following text appeared in the list of samples from the movie:

• The electro/shoegaze group, The Very Hush Hush, entitled the first part of their debut album, Mourir C'est Facile ("Long Live the New Flesh" in French). Prominently featured on the front of the album cover is a computer generated picture of body transmogrification composed by the artist, Ray Caesar (often compared to David Cronenberg).

I took it out because the translation seems a bit crap. I would just edit it, but if it doesn't mean "Long Live the New Flesh", we're left with... the guy who designed one of their album covers gets compared to David Cronenberg.

Anybody want to insist on including it anyway? --Cdswtchr 11:26, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia, or Coincidence?

I've been trying to determine if the character 'Moses' in the film is a reference to Moses_Znaimer, in the same way that Civic TV is a reference to CityTV. It seems likely, though the few leads I've poked through like to speak of Znaimer as a real-life analogue to Max Renn rather than simple name-dropping. --Bieeanda 03:43, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another musical reference

Jeff Minter's Tempest 2000 featured a track called "Mind's Eye" http://www.last.fm/music/Atari/_/Mind's+Eye that contains the line, "Television is the retina of the mind's eye." (An O'Blivion quote from Videodrome.) I have heard who the writer/composer was, but I haven't tracked it down yet. Somegeek 19:47, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Set in Toronto?

Someone just added this film to List of films set in Toronto. I know that it was filmed in Toronto, but can anyone confirm that it's supposed to take place there? Is there anything in the dialogue, or any obvious landmarks that appear in the film that would place it in TO? Rawr 23:24, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

I just watched this movie last night. There is a lot of references to Toronto in the dialogue and also things in the background like signs, buildings, trains, phonebooks, ect. I was actually surprised because the last time i watched this film was about 10 years ago and I didn't remember any of the Toronto stuff.

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Toronto is mentioned several times, the earliest of which being when Max meets Nicky Brand at her radio station for their date. As she signs off, she uses a Canadian station identifier (Cxxx, as opposed to Wxxx/Kxxx in the US). As she leaves the studio, the weather is announced and specifically mentions "for Toronto".

Other references: Max's pirate buddy says the Videodrome signal originates from Pittsburgh, to which he adds: "That's in the US." Also, at the very end of the film, Max flees the optical trade show and hides in a condemned boat. A plaque is shown on screen, reading that the boat has been condemned by order of the "Toronto Harbor Authority". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.5.69.239 (talk) 18:46, August 22, 2007 (UTC)