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Dark City (1998, Australia/USA, DVD)

On: August 20th, 2006 at 1:50 am | Number of Comments » 0

Preparing for my first-year writing seminar (”Self & Cyborg in Japanese Animation”) has led me to a few relatively unknown films (i.e., flopped at box office despite critical acclaim) that have themes relevant to some of what I’m doing in that class, namely issues of reality vs. fantasy/illusion/simulation. Dark City actually bears thematic resemblance to [...]