This is a brilliant, dazzling piece of sci-fi, one of the best of the 90's (and Roger Ebert's favorite film of 1998). Alex Proyas is an underappreciated treasure.
The Matrix is fun, but can't match the visual and metaphysical grandeur of this film. Some thoughts:
-Does anyone else notice the bizarre similarity between the final shot of the film, with Jennifer Connelly on a pier, looking out into a dazzling sunset, and the recurring Jared Leto dream imagery in
Requiem For A Dream, in which he sees Jennifer Connelly waiting for him, back turned, at the end of a pier? Odd.
-I love Kiefer Sutherland's Peter Lorre imitation.
-What do you think happens to John Murdoch after the events of the film, not to mention the countless people who live in "Dark City"? Does he become a kindly dictator over all? Or does the ending suggest that he simply wants to live his life unaltered by higher forces?
Again, spectacular movie. I should pop in the DVD again...
