Found on the new CRITERION DVD of David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME, "Forging The New Flesh" is a darkly comic journey into the film's 1981 - 82 production, focusing on the ground-breaking make-up and visual effects. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michael Lennick began his career as a visual effects supervisor, often working with David Cronenberg. VIDEODROME was an early career highlight, and Lennick has assembled some very funny anecdotes from the making of this startling vision. Through personal narrative, generous clips, behind-the-scenes footage and the recollections of make-up maestro Rick Baker and the rest of the effects team, Lennick takes us through the way-too-tight shooting schedule, the many problems and solutions, and the evolution of the flesh TV and other organic visual effects that helped make VIDEODROME the timeless yet prescient classic it remains to this day.