Marta Balaga “Blondie” lead vocalist Debbie Harry opened up about her film career at International Film Festival Rotterdam. “I am not really fluent in the film industry, but I have been fortunate to get scripts from the directors I admire and trust, and who scare me a little.
It’s a small selection of interesting films that are a bit odd. I guess my oddness fits into that.” Nothing was odder than David Cronenberg’s “Videodrome.” “We didn’t know what ‘virtual’ was.
We had no term [for it] back then. We didn’t know what my character was, but we knew who she was and what she was doing to others.
I think Jimmy Woods had more of a problem with it than me. Let’s face it: Cronenberg is out there and always has been,” she said. “There was no ending to the film and some people were getting pretty uptight about it.
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