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Videodrome
Why this pick
Cronenberg’s earlier nightmare of media invading flesh has the same clammy organic-tech imagery, shifting reality, and deadpan escalation that make eXistenZ so disorienting.
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Why this pick
A sleek corporate paranoia puzzle in which roles, memories, and loyalties keep slipping; it shares eXistenZ’s controlled, sinister playfulness with reality manipulation.
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
Its tactile device for replaying another person’s sensations gives virtual experience a bodily charge, while a grimy near-future conspiracy sustains Cronenberg-like unease.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In the near-future, biotechnological virtual reality game consoles known as "game pods" have replaced electronic ones. The pods present "UmbyCords" that attach to "bio-ports", connectors surgically inserted into players' spines. Two game companies, Antenna Research and Cortical Systematics, compete against each other. In addition, the Realists fight both companies to prevent the "deforming" of reality.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Allegra Geller
Ian Holm
Kiri Vinokur
Don McKellar
Yevgeny Nourish
Oscar Hsu
Chinese Waiter
Sarah Polley
Merle
Vik Sahay
Male Assistant
Jude Law
Ted Pikul
Willem Dafoe
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