Editing Videodrome (section)

===Editing===
Cronenberg stated that the first [[test screening]] of a 72-75 minute cut of the film was "the most disastrous screening you can imagine". He and editor [[Ronald Sanders (film editor)|Ronald Sanders]] "thought we had cut it really tight, but it was totally incomprehensible that you didn't even know that Max Renn worked at Civic TV, I'd cut out all the footage that explained that".{{sfn|Cronenberg|2006|p=68}}{{sfn|Rodley|1997|p=101}}

The [[Motion Picture Association|MPAA]] requested multiple edits to the film. Bob Remy, the head of Universal Pictures, also suggested removing the scene in ''Samurai Dreams'' showing the dildo. Cronenberg was confused by Remy's suggestion as the "MPAA didn't even ask me to cut that. Why is he asking me to cut that". [[Thom Mount]] told Cronenberg that it was due to Remy having "a problem with cocks".{{sfn|Cronenberg|2006|p=69}} The film's runtime was 87 minutes and 18 seconds in Canada and the United States, but was 15 seconds longer in the international version.{{sfn|Turner|1987|p=377-378}}

Cronenberg was critical of edits [[Universal Pictures]] performed on the film without request from the MPAA.{{sfn|Rodley|1997|p=103}}