TY - ADVS AU - David Cronenberg AU - David Cronenberg AU - Jennifer Jason Leigh AU - Jude Law AU - Ian Holm AU - Willem Dafoe AU - Don McKellar AU - Callum Keith Rennie AU - Christopher Eccleston AU - Sarah Polley AU - Robert A. Silverman AU - Oscar Hsu TI - eXistenZ AV - PN1997 .E957 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Canada, UK, France PB - Dimension Films, Alliance Atlantis Communications, Canadian Television Fund N1 - Special feature include: - Audio commentary by David Cronenberg, Peter Suschitzky and Jim Isaac - Documentary "The Invisible Art of Carol Spier" N2 - From case cover: Set in the near-future, eXistenZ depicts a society in which game designers are worshipped as superstars and players can organically enter inside the games. At the center of the story is Allegra Geller whose latest games system eXistenZ taps so deeply into its users fears and desires that it blurs the boundaries between reality and escapism. When fanatics attempt to assassinate Allegra, she is forced to flee. Her sole ally is Ted Pikul (Law), a novice security guard who is sworn to protect her. Persuading Ted into playing the game, Allegra draws them both into a phantasmagoric world where existence ends and eXistenZ begins. ; From IMDb: Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, who is suddenly assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged. To inspect it, she talks Ted into accepting a gameport in his own body so he can play the game with her. The events leading up to this, and the resulting game lead the pair on a strange adventure where reality and their actions are impossible to determine from either their own or the game's perspective ER -