The Director's Cut of Dark City is simply one of the greatest science-fiction films ever made. I saw the theatrical release first, in the theaters, and still loved it. But when the DC DVD came out a few years later, I grabbed it up and was blown away by it. I had already been telling people about it, but when I got that DVD, I began to sit people down and make them watch it. They all loved it. This is probably my favorite film. I liked the original Matrix just fine. But I've always been a Dark City man.
@@jedijessic Donald Sutherland had a unique style that made him a great character actor. You can see him playing a psychotic in Backdraft. He's the main bad guy in The Hunger Games. There are a ton of great movies of his from the 70's and 80's, like Ordinary People which is a 4 time academy award winner. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) was a remake of the 1956 movie of the same name. He really made that movie as terrifying as it was. And it was terrifying!
@@jedijessicI agree! He could scare the shit out of you like the last scene in Invasion of The Body Snatchers to playing the Southern drunk lawyer who comes out of retirement in A Time to Kill. Fine actor, he ran the gamut and then some. R.I.P.
Her lounge scene confirmed for me as a teenager that I was a dy__. So sultry, her body barely moving......wow. Some 40+ years later it still moves me. I was hardly surprised when her career skyrocketed and continued over the decades. Not just a pretty face (voice?) I just realized I have no idea if she was the real singer.....Anyone know ?
@@shannonmcstormy5021 well, here's the thing, which version did you watch, if you've only seen the original version, that's not her singing, but it is her in the Director's cut. if you haven't heard the DC version Jennifer's voice is a bit deeper, a little more raw, and if you ask me, sultrier
Not every attractive actress fits the role or in the universe presented in the movie. He was talking about that, not about her being attractive in general.
@@chrisbentley3988 He took a lot of queues from late, great character actor Peter Lorre. I dunno if that was in the script or if it was something Kiefer Sutherland pursued himself but yeah, he did a great job.
That was a great basic DVD that was full of cool features. I especially loved the movie review of "Metropolis" by H.G. Wells where he essentially trashed the film.
Roger Ebert was one of the only film critics i ever respected (even if i didn't always agree with him). partly because of this and also because of his championing of animation in general and anime specifically. He had even dedicated entire episodes of his show to gush over animated films.
@@DonMachado Come on! It's just a medium-level action flick pretending to be sci-fi and the "philosophic" discussions are shallow at best, pretentious and silly at... well, at best. They're already at worst. It's a fun movie, but literally nothing beyond that, like all (the Matrix better than most) Wachowsky's brothers movies. BTW, yes, the movie "philosophy" is cliche and trite, mere quotes of so-called thinkers read in summary philosophy handbooks, but that doesn't mean that philosophy as a whole is not a dumpster fire of vanity and idiocy, which it is. You want actual thinking, go to science, the humanities are just, well... idiotic.
Mask of the Evil Apparition, a short film written and directed by Proyas, set in the Dark City cinematic universe, was released in 2021. During a Q&A session after a screening of the short film, Proyas revealed he was in the early stages of developing a Dark City series.
Nope... 'The Cowboy Way' came out in 2001. @VetSGT was right mentioning Rodeos... Sutherland bought a ranch in Montana during the '90s and did indeed tour the Rodeo Circuit so put the skills he learned on the set of 1988's 'Young Guns' into this passion project.
I love seeing this movie in the theater in 1998. The score, the sets, the cinematography, and the special effects were creepy and cool. RIP to Kiefer Sutherland's father, Donald.
Dark City is one of my favorite movies. I saw it in theaters, and I love listening to the Ebert commentary track. I also appreciate the restoration of Jennifer Connelly's singing in the Director's cut. This film has seemed like it fit well with Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films of Delicatessen and City of Lost Children, and of course Brazil, films that normalize unreality.
I saw City of Lost Children and Dark City fairly close together back in the day, and agree the vibe is nicely similar, with the Jeunet film feeling even farther detached from normal reality.
Very groovy, Minty! I was working at a theater in 1998 and I’ll never forget the trailer. It was a work of art that completely intrigued me. I thought “From the director of The Crow? I was sold!” I loved it as much as Roger Ebert and even snagged the poster! I don’t think I’ve sat down to watch Dark City in a long time but now you’ve got me wanting to treat myself to a rewatch. I’m looking at Proyas’s IMDB page and it really sucks that he hasnt directed a feature film since 2016, but it’s cool that he’s made 4 short films. Anywho, thank you for all the trivia. It keeps this movie geek happy.
Totally underrated movie! I loved Kiefer Sutherland in this, his performance was straight up Peter Lorre. Which fit nicely with the 40s noir theme of the movie.
I saw Dark City in the theater at least four times. And I went to WorldCon in Baltimore that year and saw the world premiere of the director’s cut. Kudos Minty for bringing attention to this excellent movie! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@@jasonking4146 Director’s cut, for sure. I would have much preferred to suss out what was going on on my own instead of having it spoon fed by a voiceovers. 🤷🏻♂️
Always enjoyed this movie and the Noir ambiance. Rufus Sewell was excellent and even watching it today, I look back on his performance and appreciate it.
I was lucky enough to see that one in theaters. It was definetly a trip, and has become one of my favorite films. I often ask people--to this day--"Do you know how to get to Shell Beach?"
I remember being so excited for this movie! As a kid I used to entertain and even make friends because of my own comic strip superhero character I created. All the characters were bugs and they lived in a city built inside a huge hollowed out mountain called Cavern City. Seeing the city in Dark City was pretty much like seeing what was in my head for Cavern City!
One of my three favourite movies of all time (the other two being Donnie Darko and Robot Monster). I just can't imagine anybody else playing Murdoch other than Rufus Sewell. And of course Richard O'Brien was amazing as Mr. Hand.
John Murdock is almost literally a blank slate, except for his moral and kind nature, and his talent. It was a great choice to cast Rufus Sewell. O'Brian and Southerland were also genius strokes of casting!
My favorite line: Mr. Hand : But I wanted to know what it was like... how you feel. John Murdoch : You know how I was supposed to feel. That person isn't me... never was. You wanted to know what it was about us that made us human. Well, you're not going to find it... [Murdoch points at his head] John Murdoch : ...in here. You were looking in the wrong place. Whats yours?:
I remember when this came out. My late husband and I went to the cinema to see it. (I'm the world's most ardent K. Sutherland fan and no way was I not gonna be first in line to see THIS one.) I still remember how the sun felt after, when we walked out of the cinema. And I remember that day with him every time I've watched it since. RIP SBZ RIP DSutherland.
Dark City was definitely an inspiration for the Matrix such a wondrously dark fantasy and it makes you think about important issues like identity and who is really in power , i just love this film and how it inspires you to think about what is really real around you great review Minty i always enjoy coming here for your great insights into movies . CHEERS mate .
I told people I loved a sci-fi movie from the late 1990s where it turns out the world, as we know it, is an illusion controlled by shadowy figures, and in which a black-clad trench-coated hero discovers the truth and gains super powers to fight the shadowy figures. Of course, I was talking about _Dark City_ .
@@NeedMorePlebs You don't get the overdub at the start which ruins the mystery. A few scenes are longer, for character development. The former is the important part. Modern audiences will probably figure things out pretty quickly but it's still nice not to be insulted at the start of the film with "I know you're too dumb to understand what's about to happen, so let me just tell you up front..."
THANK YOU! I've been asking in the comment section for years for you to do this! One of my favorite movies and I think the most underrated movie ever made!
The scene where the cars all stop is filmed at the Rocks in Sydney, where the old warehouses are. I loved this film at the time and its still one of my favourites. A classic full of neo noir 90s cool
Back then I had a good friend from my grade school years who I also worked with at a used music store that was massively into Dark City. We went to see it together in the theaters. I really enjoyed it but was not surprised when it wasn't a massive hit. It's a great film, but definitely a thinking person's flick. Later in 1998 that friend moved from the Midwest US to Sacramento, California, I took a different job, moved out of my parents house and so on. He came back to visit in 1999 on the weekend that The Matrix premiered. I had been so busy with life I knew nothing about it. He and I went to go see it on that opening weekend and we were both completely blown away! Back then it impressed me so much I went back the next weekend and took my father along with me! So while my friend and I were both big fans of Dark City, even before it was released, we nearly completely forgot about it for years after The Matrix debuted!
I remember the first time I saw this movie. I was 16 and absolutely loved it. This movie has been in my collection for most of my life and I still regularly watch it.
I always felt the inspiration for The Strangers came from the Space Guild guys from the classic DUNE (1984) movie. They look identical (except when they wear hats), and even walk like them. Great vid Minty, thanks for making it!
Fun fact: when Kief was learning his roping, he was driving everybody nuts backstage. At one point, he roped some poor little PA with full hands and tripped her. He did feel awful after, but dude... And it's not random. He was a cowboy for a couple years. Remember??
I so adore this movie. I've had it on DVD for years and recently upgraded to blu ray. I hope eventually this gets a 4k release with new commentary and deleted scenes and behind the scenes content.
Yes! This and Split Second, for some reason I remember fondly seeing in the theater, but almost everyone else has no idea wtf I'm talking about. F*king classic!
Jennifer Connelly became one of my all time favourite actresses way back in 1986, because of the little known movie (at the time), Labyrinth. This movie is in my top 10 collection of hers, amongst others like Phenomenon, Etoile, Dark Water, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Some Girls, The Rocketeer.... It is such an underrated surreal noir movie, a real gem.
Here’s one thing I know about Dark City, it was friggin’ awesome!!!! Saw this banger in the theater opening night with no idea what it was about and had my mind blown proper😁
I think I either also saw the directors cut first, or for some reason I missed the opening narration, because the first time I saw it, I don't remember the narration. It was upon rewatching that I first saw the narration sequence. It's much better without it.
@@darrenbent7601 I didn't find her attractive in Requiem, not because Jennifer isn't hot, but her story arc was so depressing, it ruined her for that movie
I really love this odd movie. When it was released back then, it was totally buried, hidden, so I totally missed it then. I've now seen it several times, and the piecing together of the mystery is the fascinating part.
I saw this in the theaters when I was 16 and definitely did not appreciate it at the time. I revisited it years later and was blown away. It's definitely the best of 1998 and one of the best from the 90s period.
@jrbarmett2453 Kiefer Sutherland actually competed in Rodeo events and was an accomplished Roper , it was after The Cowboy way and he was still doing it when he made this . DARK CITY is an awesome movie is what i came here to say .
This was your best video yet and all your commentary was on point Minty. I literally grew up in my grandfathers video store and was fortunate enough to be able to watch screener copies of movies before they would come out/come to VHS/DVD. I loved this movie and talked my grandfather into letting me keep the screener copy. When I went to film school in my cinematography class our teacher would often talk about how Dark City will one day be a cult classic and be known as a cinema masterpiece. Cheers Minty you got the nail on the head with this one.
1- Jennifer Connely . . . . . She looked stunning in this movie. She should have been more utilized in movies. 2- Matrix was not original at all, it was about as original as Halo is mechanically for FPS games, in other words not at all. Not that it is bad It just isn't original and has a lot of influences that are quite apparent. 3- Investors ruin movies thinking people aren't smart enough to enjoy something. . . . well I mean. . . yeah I get it, there are alot of not too smart people that don't get things and they are afraid that will off put the majority. 4- See this is why Anime Could never make a transition to Hollywood live action, especially the SciFI philosophy heavy stuff. They turned Ghost in the Shell into a stupid dumb and Boring action movie, they waste so much potential being stupid.
I'm with Roger Ebert on this one. It's deep, creative, and the mystery had a great payoff at the end. It's akin to hard core SciFi where it's not meant for mainstream audience and only for those who seeks an adventure into the unknown. These movies has to be fiercely supported by those of us who rest in that small demographic and I happily bought various DVD and BluRay formats since I saw this in the theaters.
This is in my personal top 10 sci-fi movies of all time. I can find, nothing to fault in it. I have immense respect for the story, visuals, and cast and all the work they did.
What a great movie. I saw the Director's Cut and didn't know the original release had that voice-over expose intro. I loved it from start to finish. I especially loved the mystery of it and of trying to work out what was going on as it unfolded. The whole thing was very trippy.
Yay! So glad you covered Dark City. I remember seeing it at the cinema with my partner at the time. We both loved it so much we bought tickets to the next session to watch it again. I bought the DVD as soon as it came out then the Blue Ray.
This movie had some of the most interesting visuals and concepts. Also, Jennifer Connelly.
Yes, also Jennifer Connelly 😍
The perfect noir lady herself...
You misspelled "including"
I gotta fart
Labyrinth forever
Dark City is probably one of my favorite movies. It's definitely in the top ten and extremely underrated.
It's underrated because nobody from Shell Beach has seen the movie. 😅
Agreed and agreeed. It’s an amazing and actually unique idea
Its a very good movie. It reminds me of a cross between the matrix and the city of lost children
I also totally agree. Very underrated. When I first saw this movie. I was instantly hooked.
Definitely one of my very favorites.
This is a criminally underrated film.
100%
Yeah, everyone underrating this movie should be imprisoned.
Because criminally. 😊
As tired as the “underrated” thing is I’d agree on this one, it’s a bit obscure having released so near to The Matrix.
It's a cult classic day one
I loved it because it didn’t over explain.
The Director's Cut of Dark City is simply one of the greatest science-fiction films ever made. I saw the theatrical release first, in the theaters, and still loved it. But when the DC DVD came out a few years later, I grabbed it up and was blown away by it. I had already been telling people about it, but when I got that DVD, I began to sit people down and make them watch it. They all loved it. This is probably my favorite film.
I liked the original Matrix just fine. But I've always been a Dark City man.
I didn’t know the director’s cut was significantly different.
This was the CRITERION EDITION you are referring to? I expect this movie to be in that format.
My top three Jennifer Connelly movies: Labyrinth, The Rocketeer, and Dark City.
Not the one where she takes her top off?!?
Dark City; Waking the Dead; Top Gun: Maverick
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Requiem for a Dream...
@@fbauzo024fb wasn't that a beautiful story for ugly children!
This and "The Thirteenth Floor". Another great one that's underrated are some of my fav's
I agree!👍
Yes!!
Nice double feature you got lined up there!
Yes!
Both are better then matrix. No need for filler fighting scenes but story telling
*"Invasion of the Body Snatchers"*
(1978) deserves a Minty Top 10
episode, with the recent passing of leading star Donald Sutherland.
MASH and Space Cowboys are the only movies of his I've seen.
@@jedijessic Donald Sutherland had a unique style that made him a great character actor. You can see him playing a psychotic in Backdraft. He's the main bad guy in The Hunger Games. There are a ton of great movies of his from the 70's and 80's, like Ordinary People which is a 4 time academy award winner. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) was a remake of the 1956 movie of the same name. He really made that movie as terrifying as it was. And it was terrifying!
@@jedijessicI agree! He could scare the shit out of you like the last scene in Invasion of The Body Snatchers to playing the Southern drunk lawyer who comes out of retirement in A Time to Kill. Fine actor, he ran the gamut and then some. R.I.P.
@@jedijessic- Animal House is another great one!
I concur
Understatement of the year "Jennifer Connelly has a great look"
Her lounge scene confirmed for me as a teenager that I was a dy__. So sultry, her body barely moving......wow. Some 40+ years later it still moves me. I was hardly surprised when her career skyrocketed and continued over the decades. Not just a pretty face (voice?) I just realized I have no idea if she was the real singer.....Anyone know ?
@@shannonmcstormy5021 well, here's the thing, which version did you watch, if you've only seen the original version, that's not her singing, but it is her in the Director's cut. if you haven't heard the DC version Jennifer's voice is a bit deeper, a little more raw, and if you ask me, sultrier
Not every attractive actress fits the role or in the universe presented in the movie. He was talking about that, not about her being attractive in general.
@@ares395I agree. He was refering to her having that classic noir look, almost in the Bacall or Gene Tierney mould.
@@Jon7763cheers I didn't know this. 👍
Thanks. Saw it in the theater and was blown AWAY! Everytime I show it to somebody who hasn't seen it, they ask "how did I not know about this??" ❤❤❤
Saw it in theaters too! This was when I was 20 and punk/goth, so this spooky movie looked perfect for my crowd, and man was it ever!
I also saw it in theaters. One of the best movies ever made.
I saw it in theaters too, it seems like yesterday. I wish it was.
@@michaelrussom6463 I remember titanic was playing there too, probably one reason it wasn't seen
@@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat Funny, I actually ended up seeing that in the same theater.
"You are probably wondering why I keep appearing in your memories, John. It is because I have inserted myself into them."
With a bunch of spaces in between. Keifer nailed his character. So unique!
That twist was so boss.
@@chrisbentley3988 He took a lot of queues from late, great character actor Peter Lorre. I dunno if that was in the script or if it was something Kiefer Sutherland pursued himself but yeah, he did a great job.
One of the greatest sf films perhaps better than The Matrix.
Underrated gem. The Ebert commentary on the DVD version (back in the day) was awesome. A great insight as he breaks down the scenes.
I pretty much went with whatever Ebert recommended after that DVD commentary. I was never disappointed.
That was a great basic DVD that was full of cool features. I especially loved the movie review of "Metropolis" by H.G. Wells where he essentially trashed the film.
Roger Ebert was one of the only film critics i ever respected (even if i didn't always agree with him). partly because of this and also because of his championing of animation in general and anime specifically. He had even dedicated entire episodes of his show to gush over animated films.
Poor Rufus, this is like the only time he got to play a good guy, I can only recall him being a villain from this point on.
He deserved better from Hollywood.
Amazing Grace he was a good guy :)
Real actors don't care if they're playing a 'good' or 'bad' character.
The Matrix pretends to be cerebral.
Dark City IS cerebral.
If you don't think The Matrix was cerebral, then you don't know much about the movie.
@@DonMachado Come on! It's just a medium-level action flick pretending to be sci-fi and the "philosophic" discussions are shallow at best, pretentious and silly at... well, at best. They're already at worst. It's a fun movie, but literally nothing beyond that, like all (the Matrix better than most) Wachowsky's brothers movies.
BTW, yes, the movie "philosophy" is cliche and trite, mere quotes of so-called thinkers read in summary philosophy handbooks, but that doesn't mean that philosophy as a whole is not a dumpster fire of vanity and idiocy, which it is.
You want actual thinking, go to science, the humanities are just, well... idiotic.
@@DonMachado the matrix is really good but is a mixed of things coming from Dark City, ghost in the shell even more and others sci fi
Dark City is one of the failed attempts of the machines to implement the Matrix.
@@M0butu Yes!!
Mask of the Evil Apparition, a short film written and directed by Proyas, set in the Dark City cinematic universe, was released in 2021. During a Q&A session after a screening of the short film, Proyas revealed he was in the early stages of developing a Dark City series.
I'd watch that.
🤔
Doesn't need it.
Kiefer's Dad died yesterday. RIP. Donald and Kiefer are Great Canadians.
Kiefer Sutherland is also famously Tommy Douglas’ grandson on his mother’s side. In real life, “Jack Bauer” is a Canadian socialist.
Donald did some brilliant work
Body snatcher???
Keifer doing the lasso was probably a skill he picked up filming the Cowboy Way. RIP Donald Sutherland😔
I forgot he did that movie. I wanted to say he probably had a job at Disneyland as a trick lasso cowboy. Like Steve Martin did.
Cowboy way, and or Young Guns and YG2
That's some young guns shit.
Keifer also used to do rodeos….legit roping champion
Nope... 'The Cowboy Way' came out in 2001. @VetSGT was right mentioning Rodeos... Sutherland bought a ranch in Montana during the '90s and did indeed tour the Rodeo Circuit so put the skills he learned on the set of 1988's 'Young Guns' into this passion project.
Your comment about the strangers as being “cyberpunk Illuminati” was hilarious
I love seeing this movie in the theater in 1998. The score, the sets, the cinematography, and the special effects were creepy and cool. RIP to Kiefer Sutherland's father, Donald.
Lucky you. That must have been a good time.
I would see it this weekend if they re-released it into theaters.
Dark City is one of my favorite movies. I saw it in theaters, and I love listening to the Ebert commentary track. I also appreciate the restoration of Jennifer Connelly's singing in the Director's cut.
This film has seemed like it fit well with Jean-Pierre Jeunet's films of Delicatessen and City of Lost Children, and of course Brazil, films that normalize unreality.
I saw City of Lost Children and Dark City fairly close together back in the day, and agree the vibe is nicely similar, with the Jeunet film feeling even farther detached from normal reality.
Love how this movie went from a Gothic mystery suspense thriller into a superhero scifi movie at the end.
Very groovy, Minty! I was working at a theater in 1998 and I’ll never forget the trailer. It was a work of art that completely intrigued me. I thought “From the director of The Crow? I was sold!” I loved it as much as Roger Ebert and even snagged the poster! I don’t think I’ve sat down to watch Dark City in a long time but now you’ve got me wanting to treat myself to a rewatch. I’m looking at Proyas’s IMDB page and it really sucks that he hasnt directed a feature film since 2016, but it’s cool that he’s made 4 short films. Anywho, thank you for all the trivia. It keeps this movie geek happy.
new proyas film coming in 2025,titled R.U.R
Totally underrated movie! I loved Kiefer Sutherland in this, his performance was straight up Peter Lorre. Which fit nicely with the 40s noir theme of the movie.
I definitely got a Lorre vibe from him.
I’d agree it’s a classic, one of my very favorites, but most people I ever talk to have no clue what it even is.
Jennifer Connelly was the Original “Woman In a red dress”
Love this movie!
One of my favorite movies from my childhood!
Also Kiefer Sutherland is in the movie.
RIP to his dad, Donald Sutherland, 1935-2024.
I saw Dark City in the theater at least four times. And I went to WorldCon in Baltimore that year and saw the world premiere of the director’s cut. Kudos Minty for bringing attention to this excellent movie! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Which is your preferred version?
@@jasonking4146 Director’s cut, for sure. I would have much preferred to suss out what was going on on my own instead of having it spoon fed by a voiceovers. 🤷🏻♂️
Always enjoyed this movie and the Noir ambiance. Rufus Sewell was excellent and even watching it today, I look back on his performance and appreciate it.
I was lucky enough to see that one in theaters. It was definetly a trip, and has become one of my favorite films.
I often ask people--to this day--"Do you know how to get to Shell Beach?"
I remember being so excited for this movie! As a kid I used to entertain and even make friends because of my own comic strip superhero character I created. All the characters were bugs and they lived in a city built inside a huge hollowed out mountain called Cavern City. Seeing the city in Dark City was pretty much like seeing what was in my head for Cavern City!
Maybe "tuning" in to our own reality...(twilight zone music here)
One of my three favourite movies of all time (the other two being Donnie Darko and Robot Monster). I just can't imagine anybody else playing Murdoch other than Rufus Sewell. And of course Richard O'Brien was amazing as Mr. Hand.
John Murdock is almost literally a blank slate, except for his moral and kind nature, and his talent. It was a great choice to cast Rufus Sewell. O'Brian and Southerland were also genius strokes of casting!
The whole concept of mixing peoples memories; altering personalities was truly bizarre. You did see that if simpler films until after Dark City.
Minty should have worn a black trench coat and a black derby for the video. And say, "Let's check it out" before waving his hand over the camera.
I would guess Kiefer learned the lasso for "Young Guns"
Kiefer was in The Cowboy Way where his character was a competitive roper.
@@chrishuber3372 totally forgot that one - now I need to go watch it again
@@code-chimpyeah! It is a good comedy.
My favorite line:
Mr. Hand : But I wanted to know what it was like... how you feel.
John Murdoch : You know how I was supposed to feel. That person isn't me... never was. You wanted to know what it was about us that made us human. Well, you're not going to find it...
[Murdoch points at his head]
John Murdoch : ...in here. You were looking in the wrong place.
Whats yours?:
I remember when this came out. My late husband and I went to the cinema to see it. (I'm the world's most ardent K. Sutherland fan and no way was I not gonna be first in line to see THIS one.) I still remember how the sun felt after, when we walked out of the cinema. And I remember that day with him every time I've watched it since. RIP SBZ RIP DSutherland.
Keifer Sutherland was f'ing brilliant in that movie..
I love this movie. Didn't know anything about it till my buddy brought the vhs over.
Dark City was definitely an inspiration for the Matrix such a wondrously dark fantasy and it makes you think about important issues like identity and who is really in power ,
i just love this film and how it inspires you to think about what is really real around you
great review Minty
i always enjoy coming here for your great insights into movies .
CHEERS mate .
Yeah, it tends to get annoying, just walking down the street to be suddenly lassoed by Kiefer Sutherland and tied to a stop sign.
I told people I loved a sci-fi movie from the late 1990s where it turns out the world, as we know it, is an illusion controlled by shadowy figures, and in which a black-clad trench-coated hero discovers the truth and gains super powers to fight the shadowy figures. Of course, I was talking about _Dark City_ .
I love this movie, got the Director's Cut on Blu-Ray.
ALWAYS watch the Director's Cut. They showed this film at The Carolina Theater this past spring. Great to watch it on the big screen.
What is different in the director's cut?
@@NeedMorePlebs You don't get the overdub at the start which ruins the mystery. A few scenes are longer, for character development. The former is the important part. Modern audiences will probably figure things out pretty quickly but it's still nice not to be insulted at the start of the film with "I know you're too dumb to understand what's about to happen, so let me just tell you up front..."
Apparently Denis Villenivue (Dune) used the character models in this movie as inspiration for the Harkonnen in Dune
Love it. and Jennifer is absolutely gorgeous in Dark City.
THANK YOU! I've been asking in the comment section for years for you to do this! One of my favorite movies and I think the most underrated movie ever made!
ALLways and Always LOVED this film!
The Hollywood guilds are notorious for their ridiculous rules about how many people can be credited for different roles.
I love seeing this movie Dark City is probably one of my favorite movies.
10 Things You Didn't Know About Cartoon Planet (1995) the Space Ghost Coast To Coast spinoff that been forgotten over time
So glad someone remembers that!
The scene where the cars all stop is filmed at the Rocks in Sydney, where the old warehouses are. I loved this film at the time and its still one of my favourites. A classic full of neo noir 90s cool
Back then I had a good friend from my grade school years who I also worked with at a used music store that was massively into Dark City. We went to see it together in the theaters. I really enjoyed it but was not surprised when it wasn't a massive hit. It's a great film, but definitely a thinking person's flick.
Later in 1998 that friend moved from the Midwest US to Sacramento, California, I took a different job, moved out of my parents house and so on. He came back to visit in 1999 on the weekend that The Matrix premiered. I had been so busy with life I knew nothing about it. He and I went to go see it on that opening weekend and we were both completely blown away! Back then it impressed me so much I went back the next weekend and took my father along with me!
So while my friend and I were both big fans of Dark City, even before it was released, we nearly completely forgot about it for years after The Matrix debuted!
I remember the first time I saw this movie. I was 16 and absolutely loved it. This movie has been in my collection for most of my life and I still regularly watch it.
I always felt the inspiration for The Strangers came from the Space Guild guys from the classic DUNE (1984) movie. They look identical (except when they wear hats), and even walk like them. Great vid Minty, thanks for making it!
Fun fact: when Kief was learning his roping, he was driving everybody nuts backstage. At one point, he roped some poor little PA with full hands and tripped her. He did feel awful after, but dude... And it's not random. He was a cowboy for a couple years. Remember??
Criminally underrated. I love this movie.
I saw a tv cut version of it back in the day and have been addicted to it since then. This is also where I became a fan of Alex Proyas
I so adore this movie. I've had it on DVD for years and recently upgraded to blu ray. I hope eventually this gets a 4k release with new commentary and deleted scenes and behind the scenes content.
Yes! This and Split Second, for some reason I remember fondly seeing in the theater, but almost everyone else has no idea wtf I'm talking about. F*king classic!
I saw Split Second at the Drive in 😅
...searches "Split Second"
@@369frequencyandvibration Go watch it, it's a great movie. I have it on double VHS with "Wedlock", another fine old Rutger Hauer film.
Jennifer Connelly became one of my all time favourite actresses way back in 1986, because of the little known movie (at the time), Labyrinth.
This movie is in my top 10 collection of hers, amongst others like Phenomenon, Etoile, Dark Water, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Some Girls, The Rocketeer.... It is such an underrated surreal noir movie, a real gem.
Here’s one thing I know about Dark City, it was friggin’ awesome!!!! Saw this banger in the theater opening night with no idea what it was about and had my mind blown proper😁
I think I either also saw the directors cut first, or for some reason I missed the opening narration, because the first time I saw it, I don't remember the narration. It was upon rewatching that I first saw the narration sequence. It's much better without it.
Damn fine flick and prime Connelly
YES!!!
Labyrinth, Dark City and Dark Water are my top three Jennifer Connelly movies.
@@darrenbent7601 I think her peak look was the Rocketeer. Holy Mother of God, that white dress.
@@nightshiftreports3866 Don't forget about Hot Spot... Career Opportunities and Requiem for a Dream, too.
@@darrenbent7601 I didn't find her attractive in Requiem, not because Jennifer isn't hot, but her story arc was so depressing, it ruined her for that movie
I really love this odd movie.
When it was released back then, it was totally buried, hidden, so I totally missed it then.
I've now seen it several times, and the piecing together of the mystery is the fascinating part.
I saw this in the theaters when I was 16 and definitely did not appreciate it at the time. I revisited it years later and was blown away. It's definitely the best of 1998 and one of the best from the 90s period.
The Pre-Matrix
Underrated comment...
It could have been one of the previous versions of the Matrix. ;)
Falls in the sub-genre of virtual reality movie, same as the matrix
It was, wasn't it.. weird.
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No more mr Quick. Mr Quick dead, yes.
One of my favorites and this was criminally underrated when it came out.
I'm glad that I was one of the people who actually saw Dark City in the theater, and I've been a fan ever since, owning a copy of it on VHS and DVD.
A criminally underrated movie
ran a vampire campaign based on this.
That sounds so cool
Thanks Minty! This movie means more to me than most would be willing to understand. I’m glad it reached more people, as your video is proving.
one of my favorite movies of all time!! thank you!!
R.i.p. Donald Sutherland.
Great choice
Alex is legendary. The Crow and Dark City.
This is my favorite film of all time. I saw it in the theater and it changed my life.
Amazing visuals in this one!!
Thanks Minty!
I think Keiffer was prepping for the Cowboy Way.
@jrbarmett2453 Kiefer Sutherland actually competed in Rodeo events and was an accomplished Roper , it was after The Cowboy way and he was still doing it when he made this . DARK CITY is an awesome movie is what i came here to say .
This was your best video yet and all your commentary was on point Minty. I literally grew up in my grandfathers video store and was fortunate enough to be able to watch screener copies of movies before they would come out/come to VHS/DVD. I loved this movie and talked my grandfather into letting me keep the screener copy. When I went to film school in my cinematography class our teacher would often talk about how Dark City will one day be a cult classic and be known as a cinema masterpiece. Cheers Minty you got the nail on the head with this one.
Loved the score & the Writer-Director’s Combover!! 😂
Thanks for the video Minty!
Minty looks like Nailz from old school WWF!!!
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Roger Ebert’s commentary for this movie (on DVD) is awesome.
Great vid! Definitely one of the best movies ever. Nice to know Ebert loved it as much as I did :D
1- Jennifer Connely . . . . . She looked stunning in this movie. She should have been more utilized in movies.
2- Matrix was not original at all, it was about as original as Halo is mechanically for FPS games, in other words not at all. Not that it is bad It just isn't original and has a lot of influences that are quite apparent.
3- Investors ruin movies thinking people aren't smart enough to enjoy something. . . . well I mean. . . yeah I get it, there are alot of not too smart people that don't get things and they are afraid that will off put the majority.
4- See this is why Anime Could never make a transition to Hollywood live action, especially the SciFI philosophy heavy stuff. They turned Ghost in the Shell into a stupid dumb and Boring action movie, they waste so much potential being stupid.
Saw it in the theater and even that version is one of the best sci-fis ever made. Love this movie.
Such an underrated gem!
Also, your videos are brilliant!
One of my very favorite movies.
When people ask me for a movie recommendation, I hand them the Director's Cut of Dark City.
In my humble opinion, I would compare Dark City to be as cinematically important as Metropolis.
Dark City and City of Lost Children took over an entire year of my life.
I'm with Roger Ebert on this one. It's deep, creative, and the mystery had a great payoff at the end. It's akin to hard core SciFi where it's not meant for mainstream audience and only for those who seeks an adventure into the unknown. These movies has to be fiercely supported by those of us who rest in that small demographic and I happily bought various DVD and BluRay formats since I saw this in the theaters.
Such a classic !
Probably among the first 10 movies I went to watch alone when I was old enough. I'll always remember this one :D
On of the few movies I keep watching over and over again. Intriguing. Fascinating. Love everything about it. Great movie score!
This is in my personal top 10 sci-fi movies of all time. I can find, nothing to fault in it. I have immense respect for the story, visuals, and cast and all the work they did.
Dark City soundtrack also featured one of my favorite underrated rock bands Course of Empire with their song The Information 😊👍
This is definitely one of those movies my teenage mind wasn't mature enough to appreciate when it first came out.
Some movie suck. Some times we do.
What a great movie. I saw the Director's Cut and didn't know the original release had that voice-over expose intro. I loved it from start to finish. I especially loved the mystery of it and of trying to work out what was going on as it unfolded. The whole thing was very trippy.
I also found many similarities between “Dark City” and “The City of Lost Children”. I’d love to see you do a piece on that one!
Love this movie! Still watch regularly to this day!
Better than most modern movies
Yay! So glad you covered Dark City. I remember seeing it at the cinema with my partner at the time. We both loved it so much we bought tickets to the next session to watch it again. I bought the DVD as soon as it came out then the Blue Ray.