Our new episode focuses on David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME, and for the first time on ETV we are joined by a guest host: Mark Netter, director of indie sci-fi thriller Nightmare Code. Thought-provoking and surprisingly timely given its 1983 release date, VIDEODROME provides the starting point for a wide-ranging discussion about the power of TV in the 80s vs. the Internet today vs. radio in the distant past—with a small digression on how we listen to podcasts; society's relationship to shock content from Faces of Death to ISIS beheading videos; and our changing perception of the value of any kind of content in the context of 1980s scarcity and 2010s ubiquity.

VIDEODROME links

IMDb ◇ Wikipedia ◇ Criterion ◇ Dissolve 1 ◇ Dissolve 2 ◇ Trailer

Nightmare Code links

Website ◇ iTunes ◇ Amazon ◇ Facebook ◇ IMDb ◇ Trailer

Enter The Void links

iTunes ◇ Tumblr ◇ Facebook ◇ Spotify ◇ @enterthepod

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