Dark City (1998)
Country: US/AUS
Technical: col/Super 35 100m
Director: Alex Proyas
Cast: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Ian Richardson, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland
Synopsis:
In a city of perpetual darkness, a man awakes to find himself pursued for murder by the police, while supranatural beings with telekinetic powers wait for the chance to manipulate the world and its memories while it sleeps.
Review:
This nightmarish sci-fi thriller combines the elements of production with plot and theme so effectively that form and content merge, yet obscurantism is ultimately avoided. It anticipated The Matrix by a year or so, and while it does not have the narrative testosterone of that film, nor does it need it, opting instead for a Blade Runner-style melancholia and 40s 'noir' trappings.
Country: US/AUS
Technical: col/Super 35 100m
Director: Alex Proyas
Cast: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Ian Richardson, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland
Synopsis:
In a city of perpetual darkness, a man awakes to find himself pursued for murder by the police, while supranatural beings with telekinetic powers wait for the chance to manipulate the world and its memories while it sleeps.
Review:
This nightmarish sci-fi thriller combines the elements of production with plot and theme so effectively that form and content merge, yet obscurantism is ultimately avoided. It anticipated The Matrix by a year or so, and while it does not have the narrative testosterone of that film, nor does it need it, opting instead for a Blade Runner-style melancholia and 40s 'noir' trappings.
Country: US/AUS
Technical: col/Super 35 100m
Director: Alex Proyas
Cast: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Ian Richardson, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland
Synopsis:
In a city of perpetual darkness, a man awakes to find himself pursued for murder by the police, while supranatural beings with telekinetic powers wait for the chance to manipulate the world and its memories while it sleeps.
Review:
This nightmarish sci-fi thriller combines the elements of production with plot and theme so effectively that form and content merge, yet obscurantism is ultimately avoided. It anticipated The Matrix by a year or so, and while it does not have the narrative testosterone of that film, nor does it need it, opting instead for a Blade Runner-style melancholia and 40s 'noir' trappings.