Inspired by the common class reaction to Videodrome, as well as the second and third parts of the film, I thought we could focus our blogs this week on violence. In the film, Professor Oblivion remarks that what you see on television emerges as raw experience for the viewer, and I think we've seen this to be the case from several of your colleagues' reactions to the movie. Violence is obviously an important part of Cronenberg's movie and, as we've seen this week, it is violence that allows the Videodrome signal to penetrate the body. The question this week is: why is this? Why does Cronenberg choose violence (and sexualized violence at that) as the means of "infection"? This week, I want you to discuss this issue of violence in the movie and make sure to reflect on how violence focuses or complicates an argument about the body and technology. I will give you a couple of ideas to start, but feel free to investigate your own interest in the topic.
- Violence and pleasure (either the spectacle as entertainment or the sexual interest we see expressed in Nicki's character)
- Violence and affect (disgust, how violence affects a viewer physically)
- Vigilantism
- Violence and redemption
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