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People may or may not be aware of a 1998 movie called "Dark City". It's one that did not do well in the box office. However, I've found it to be an excellent, intellectual movie. Roger Ebert has rated it tops as well.
Without giving away movie information, it is a very dark sci-fi movie with multiple film and genre connections. For me, I see very obvious influences upon The Matrix, which came out the very next year. A movie like this will never be an Academy Award winner, and it's not even "best-ever" candidate material for me. But it's VERY good, and something that MUST be in my collection. Like the Matrix, it opeates on many levels, being very intellectual and raising fascinating themes.
For those who play it in a home theater, you're going to want to control every bit of light in your room. Like the title says, this movie is possibly the blackest, darkest movie ever with very, very few scenes with significant lighting. A lot happens in shadows. Also, for those who have deep reaching subwoofers, you'll find them engaged constantly throughout the movie. Not necessarily with explosions and action (which there is, too) but there are constant sustained bass notes and sound down around the 30Hz range that ebbs into your body. Wow... it's quite impressive. Many home theater enthusiasts hold this DVD to be reference material for these things.
Roger Ebert has an audio commentary track on the DVD that is very good. Not quite at the level of his "Citizen Kane" commentary, which might possibly be the best commentary ever, but still very insightful. I'm watching/listening to the commentary while I type this.
DANG, I love having a computer in my theater!
Oh, yes, and Jennifer Connelly is always great to look at!!!
Without giving away movie information, it is a very dark sci-fi movie with multiple film and genre connections. For me, I see very obvious influences upon The Matrix, which came out the very next year. A movie like this will never be an Academy Award winner, and it's not even "best-ever" candidate material for me. But it's VERY good, and something that MUST be in my collection. Like the Matrix, it opeates on many levels, being very intellectual and raising fascinating themes.
For those who play it in a home theater, you're going to want to control every bit of light in your room. Like the title says, this movie is possibly the blackest, darkest movie ever with very, very few scenes with significant lighting. A lot happens in shadows. Also, for those who have deep reaching subwoofers, you'll find them engaged constantly throughout the movie. Not necessarily with explosions and action (which there is, too) but there are constant sustained bass notes and sound down around the 30Hz range that ebbs into your body. Wow... it's quite impressive. Many home theater enthusiasts hold this DVD to be reference material for these things.
Roger Ebert has an audio commentary track on the DVD that is very good. Not quite at the level of his "Citizen Kane" commentary, which might possibly be the best commentary ever, but still very insightful. I'm watching/listening to the commentary while I type this.
DANG, I love having a computer in my theater!Oh, yes, and Jennifer Connelly is always great to look at!!!
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