One of my favorite movies. I don't believe there's an official DVD release of this yet. I monitored USA Up All Night for a year in the '90s to record this on VHS. Later, I transferred the VHS to DVD. A couple years ago, copies were scarce, and the DVD I had got me invited to PTP and some other sites. Think it's quite available now; it's probably on YT. I have yet to see the not-cut-for-TV version, which I believe has a couple nude scenes. Though garbage, this movie has a particular vibe I really enjoy. It's like bargain-bin surrealism or something. Reminds me of video-stores and 900 numbers, satellite dishes and cable. I often watch it with Terrorvision (1986) or Remote Control (1988)...
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Dialing for Dingbats (1989)
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Originally posted by Matt H. View PostThis is on YouTube. It's actually the original USA Up All Night broadcast. Thanks for the recommendation!
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Brett Taylor reviewed this in Shock Cinema #62. I like how he sums it up:
"If movies like TOP GUN represented the supposedly cool side of the eighties, then DIALING... FOR DINGBATS! pulls you into a hairgel whirlpool of coke-era dorkiness. It gives you the feeling of being trapped in the food court of a New Jersey mall for 81 minutes, surrounded by people with clothes that ought to be burned and haircuts you'd prefer not to look at."
Why would anybody watch a scum show like Videodrome? Why did you watch it, Max?
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