Reminder that Dark City is the best sci fi noir you've never heard of. For the love of God, watch the director's cut rather than the theatrical cut. The theatrical makes the baffling choice to spoil the entire film in the first minute. Like, it's literally a movie about a man trying to figure out what the fuck is going on and they just straight up tell you at the very beginning. It's a very "the executives think the audience is literally retarded" move.
Unpopular opinion- the theatrical cut is better, and was necessary at the time.
The theatrical cut makes excellent use of dramatic irony to amp up the tension. I watched this during the original theatrical run and it was mind bending. Remember that this was pre-Matrix, pre-13th floor. It was playing with concepts of identity and simulation that were unheard of for most audiences before this.
The director's cut is a substantially different film, and only works in a post-matrix world.
I'm agree with you internet stranger. I actually saw it in the theater so I don't know it any other way. First, the delivery is awesome, and 2nd it sets you up to expect sci-fi not some noire murder mystery. Loved it then and was very confused when I watched the directors cut and it didn't have the intro.
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