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Cyberpunk Cinema
George Lucas' 'THX 1138' (1971) was a major influence on the science-fiction film subgenre cyberpunk. John Carpenter's science-fiction crime thriller 'Escape From New York' (1981) was a major influence on cyberpunk cinema and in many ways he's the godfather of the subgenre. A year later came Ridley Scott's science-fiction thriller 'Blade Runner' (1982), an adaptation of a novel by Philip K. Dick. Pioneers of cyberpunk fiction like William Gibson, Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling were influenced by science-fiction authors like Dick, Michael Crichton, Harlan Ellison and cyberpoet Roger Zelazny.
Wes Craven originally conceived 'The Hills Have Eyes' (1977) as a science-fiction piece set in the future, but for budgetary reasons, he made significant changes; some ideas dropped were later explored in Joe Gayton's spin-off 'Mind Ripper' (1995). Craven went on to make science-fiction films like 'Chiller' (1985) and 'Deadly Friend' (1986) which were embraced by cyberpunk fans.'Searching for a story to film, Wes Craven began looking up "terrible things" at the New York Public Library. While going through the library's forensics department, Craven learned of the legend of Sawney Bean - the alleged head of a 48-person Scottish clan responsible for the murder and cannibalization of more than one thousand people. What interested Craven in the legend was how, after Bean's clan was arrested, they were tortured, quartered, burned and hanged. Craven saw this treatment of the Bean clan by supposedly civilized people as paralleling the clan's own savagery. Craven decided to base the film on the legend. Another major inspiration for the project was Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), one of Craven's favorite films. Bloody Disgusting's Zachary Paul says that both films center on a group of vacationers who are "stranded in the wide open nowhere and must protect themselves against a tightly knit family of cannibals" and feature an archetypal "gas station of doom". Like The Last House on the Left before it, the film drew influence from the work of European directors such as François Truffaut and Luis Buñuel.
Other inspirations for The Hills Have Eyes were Craven's neighbors and family, on whom the Carters where modeled, the director's nightmares, and John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940). The original script was titled Blood Relations: The Sun Wars and was set in New Jersey during 1984, several years in the future. As producer Peter Locke's girlfriend, Liz Torres, often performed in Las Vegas during this period, Locke saw a lot of desert landscapes as the film was being written, and suggested that Craven set the film in the desert. Due to budgetary constraints, the film was written to have few roles and be set in few locations.'
- 'The Hills Have Eyes' at Wikipedia
"The story of Hansel and Gretel, taken from the fairy tale collection of the Brothers Grimm, can be read as a crisis of survival. With no help from their parents or friends, Hansel and Gretel must free themselves from slavery and ultimately defeat the evil witch. This fairy tale shows us the detours and successful strategies on the way to a final goal, be it eternal happiness or — in the case of a company — economic success. It also shows that the will to change and master a situation must come from oneself, not from others.
For the family of Hansel and Gretel, life itself was a crisis. They were preoccupied with pure survival, with having enough to eat. The stepmother proposes a solution that goes far beyond anything that might be deemed normal: she wants to abandon the children in the woods so there will be two fewer hungry mouths to feed. The father, distressed but too weak to fight back, acquiesces. The monstrous decision is made. The following day, the stepmother carefully and calmly carries out her plan."
- Veit Etzold, Boston Consultancy Group
Other inspirations for The Hills Have Eyes were Craven's neighbors and family, on whom the Carters where modeled, the director's nightmares, and John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940). The original script was titled Blood Relations: The Sun Wars and was set in New Jersey during 1984, several years in the future. As producer Peter Locke's girlfriend, Liz Torres, often performed in Las Vegas during this period, Locke saw a lot of desert landscapes as the film was being written, and suggested that Craven set the film in the desert. Due to budgetary constraints, the film was written to have few roles and be set in few locations.'
- 'The Hills Have Eyes' at Wikipedia
"The story of Hansel and Gretel, taken from the fairy tale collection of the Brothers Grimm, can be read as a crisis of survival. With no help from their parents or friends, Hansel and Gretel must free themselves from slavery and ultimately defeat the evil witch. This fairy tale shows us the detours and successful strategies on the way to a final goal, be it eternal happiness or — in the case of a company — economic success. It also shows that the will to change and master a situation must come from oneself, not from others.
For the family of Hansel and Gretel, life itself was a crisis. They were preoccupied with pure survival, with having enough to eat. The stepmother proposes a solution that goes far beyond anything that might be deemed normal: she wants to abandon the children in the woods so there will be two fewer hungry mouths to feed. The father, distressed but too weak to fight back, acquiesces. The monstrous decision is made. The following day, the stepmother carefully and calmly carries out her plan."
- Veit Etzold, Boston Consultancy Group
'Hansel & Gretel'
'Forbidden Zone' - Oingo Boingo
Canada has produced cyberpunk titans like David Cronenberg ('Videodrome' & 'eXistenZ'), James Cameron ('The Terminator' & 'Terminator 2 : Judgement Day'), Christian Duguay (the 'Scanners' series & 'Screamers') and Vincenzo Natali ('Cube' & 'Cypher').
Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven has realised cyberpunk visions on screen for decades, notably with 'RoboCop' (1987) and 'Total Recall' (1990), though there are visual shards in several other films he's directed. Peruvian filmmaker Luis Llosa made the cyberpunk staple 'Crime Zone' (1988) and drew from cyberpunk imagery in comic books when creating the visual design of 'The Specialist' (1994). Russian filmmaker Slava Tsukerman made 'Liquid Sky' (1982) in America and it's a textbook example of a film embraced by cyberpunk fans more for its punk credentials than any clear cyber aspects. Italian filmmaker Marco Brambilla made 'Demolition Man' (1993) in America which is the reverse as it has clear cyber elements but goes light on the punk. British director Danny Cannon also deserves a mention for bringing 'Judge Dredd' (1995) to the big screen.
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- Amanda Clover
'Hot Carbon : Tales Of A Cyberpunk Futa Girl' by prolific monster & elf erotica author Amanda Clover
- Amanda Clover
'Hot Carbon : Tales Of A Cyberpunk Futa Girl' by prolific monster & elf erotica author Amanda Clover
Science-fiction writer Michal Crichton deserves a mention as he was an accomplished filmmaker in his own right. 'Looker' (1981) and 'Runaway' (1984) are key works. The great neon-lit crime thrillers of the 1980s from filmmakers like Abel Ferrara, Walter Hill and Alan Rudolph carried stylistic similarities with Crichton's genre work.
"Scarlett’s voice, whenever you hear her voice, it just takes you to that place. She really is to me the cyberpunk queen.”
- Rupert Sanders, Comic Book
Scarlett Johansson
- Rupert Sanders, Comic Book
Scarlett Johansson
Kathryn Bigelow, Brett Leonard, Albert Pyun and Fred Olen Ray are among cyberpunk cinema's true pioneers. Bigelow directed 'Strange Days' (1995). Leonard pushed the boundaries of cyberpunk technology with 'The Lawnmower Man' (1992) and 'Virtuosity' (1995). Pyun established and cemented his status with audacious genre features like 'Vicious Lips' (1986), 'Cyborg' (1989) and 'Nemesis' (1992). Ray's essential contributions to the subgenre are 'Cyclone' (1987), 'Alienator' (1989) and 'Droid Gunner' (1995).
Steve De Jarnatt ('Cherry 2000' & 'Miracle Mile'), Stuart Gordon ('Fortress' & 'Space Truckers'), David Heavener ('Deadly Reactor' & 'Outlaw Prophet'), Richard Pepin ('Cyber Tracker' & 'Cyber-Tracker 2') and David Prior ('Future Force' & 'Future Zone') have included strong cyberpunk elements in their science-fiction thrillers. In Pepin's 'Cyber Tracker', there's a scene in which the Tracker is scanning a robot and his search history includes the robot model, THX 1138.
Artist and musician Roberto Longo was plucked from the underground to helm 'Johnny Mnemonic' (1995), an adaptation of a story by William Gibson that showcases Henry Rollins in a supporting role. Four years later, the Wachowski sisters hit it out the park with 'The Matrix' (1999). They've since delivered the intriguing science-fiction mystery 'Cloud Atlas' (2012) though the less said about the 'Matrix' sequels the better.
I shall continue watching 'Orphan Black' which definitely has some cyberpunk elements, including the casting of Matt Frewer who portrayed cyberpunk figurehead Max Headroom in the early 1980's ...
Scoring 'Forbidden World' (1982) - Susan Justin