Fascinating. Anyone I know who saw it when it first came out thought it worked well, for the reasons commenters mention. My memory is that it bombed. Is that the reason it was "disappeared" for years by Disney or was there some other reasons for it being made "rare, out-of-print" by them.

I am suitably impressed. I had thought this comment was a gracious gesture to some random commenter. But you did actually seek it out, watch it, reviewed it, and appreciated how a film were not familiar with had such deep and profound cultural impact in another country. Well done sir. Thank you

Americans often don't appreciate that video. Parody of true Canadian classic "Goin down the road" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goin%27... with the skit only a few years after its release. Long before Canucksploitation, it deeply reflected the country at the time, so easy to parody and they did it so well

But what do you think of Troll Hunter (2010). No one talks about it but I thought it was quite good.

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Just a follow-up on your comments on the career of Keanu Reeves. You missed one part that was quite big here in Canada - his portrayal of Hamlet. Here are links to the anniversary of his stage work, and where it fit in his move to respectability. www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...

I'd say "Amistad" followed closely by "Warhorse". Things like "1941", "Ready Player One", or "Hook" are meant to be light and have something fun in them. But when he goes for historical earnestness, he either hits the bullseye the way few directors do or totally misses and creates a painful slog

Filmed in my old high school between its closing and its destruction

filmed outside my hometown

And, on a personal note, I saw Videodrome the night it was released in theatres. 90% empty. While it now looks like classic Cronenberg, it was a disappointment to fans who wanted more of the horror of Scanners, Rabid, Shivers, Brood . I loved it but I was on my own in my friend group

And, the philosophy professor was a reference to a well know U of Toronto philosophy professor "the medium is the message" www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/h... who is well known to anyone familiar with Allen's "Annie Hall"

You likely know by now, but CIVIC TV was a version of the, then infamous, CITY TV in Toronto - known for late nite softcore (due to different broadcast rules up here) nationalpost.com/entertainmen...