Tag: Dark City
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Dark City Filmmaker Alex Proyas Is ‘Returning To His Roots’ With Sister Darkness
Alex Proyas has been Mia from the feature film scene since 2016’s “Gods of Egypt,” which fizzled at the box office despite its large scale and impressive cast, and that’s not great. Proyas has turned in masterpieces and head-scratchers over the last 30 years, but one thing is always consistent with his work: he swings…
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‘Dark City’ Director Alex Proyas is Working on TV Version of the 1998 Cult Classic
Director Alex Proyas has a new short film, Mask of the Evil Apparition, set in the world of Dark City, his 1998 sci-fi neo-noir cult classic starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, and William Hurt. From now until August 19, said short film is available through Video on Demand, as one of the “Virtual…
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Alex Proyas Defends ‘Witch-Hunted’ Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam, and More
“I, Robot” and “Dark City” director Alex Proyas took to Facebook to criticize the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements. His inspiration was a story in The Guardian, “The end of the auteur?”, which asks how best to approach work by filmmakers whose offscreen behavior has invited controversy.Proyas began with sarcasm before turning indignant: “Kill ‘Em…
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20 Years Later, ‘Dark City’ Remains One of the Smartest Sci-Fi Films Ever Made
Alex Proyas’ Dark City turns 20 today, a science fiction masterpiece that is at once undeniably influential in its field yet still overlooked by many fans of the genre. That commercial neglect may be due in part to the theatrical version, which opened with a studio-mandated voice-over narration that compromised Proyas’ vision – as well…