The former cop lenny nero is a dealer of illegal recording in cds that gives the memories and sensations of the recorder to the user. It stars ralph fiennes, angela bassett, juliette lewis, and tom sizemore. Strange days was a box office disaster on release, but has since grown a more deserved and appreciating following. With the sciencefiction movie strange days 1995, she created a stylish drama involving futuristic technology that enables the transmission of thoughts and memories from one person to another. Kathryn bigelow, in full kathryn ann bigelow, born november 27, 1951, san carlos, california, u. After the weight of water 2000, bigelow helmed k19. The movie also stars juliet lewis, michael wincott and tom sizemore. In 2009, she became the first woman to win an academy award for best director for the hurt locker 2008. Need to watch strange days in the comfort of your own home. William fichtner, josef sommer, joe urla, kathryn bigelow, david s. Other memorable roles include, terry mcmillans waiting to exhale costarring whitney houston, kathryn bigelow s futuristic strange days with ralph fiennes, vampire in brooklyn opposite eddie. The widowmaker 2002, the hurt locker 2008, zero dark thirty 2012, and detroit 2017 with the hurt locker, bigelow became the first and, as.
Fiennes isnt really right for his nervous role, and lewis is annoying and. Covering a wide range of genres, her films include near dark 1987, point break 1991, strange days 1995, k19. The nifty thing about strange days is that the director, kathryn bigelow, understands that if virtual reality ever did become a mass phenomenon, theres every likelihood it would be as sleazy. Director kathryn bigelow with ralph fiennes on the set of strange days. A smalltown farmers son reluctantly joins a traveling group of vampires after he is bitten by a beautiful drifter. It runs for about 50odd minutes while the rest of the film plays as normal. With angela bassett, ralph fiennes, glenn plummer, juliette lewis, tom sizemore, vincent donofrio. The following is an excerpt from film comment september 1995, written by gavin smith, momentum and design. A very talented painter, kathryn spent two years at the san francisco art institute. Filmmaker kathryn bigelow has directed films like point break and zero dark thirty. In conversations ranging from the casual to the analytical.
He presented it to me around 1991 and i thought it was a fabulous, mesmerizing story. Kathryn bigelow biography, age, husband, director, movies. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Strange days james cameron wrote the script for this notsofuturistic science fiction tale about a former vice cop ralph fiennes who now sells addicting, virtual reality clips that allow a user to experience the recorded sensations of others. Her bestknown films are the cult horror film near dark 1987, the surferbank robbery action picture point break 1991, the historicalmystery film the weight of water 2000 and the war drama the hurt locker 2008. Kathryn bigelow 1995 cyberpunk state of the nation address. Dark city 1998 official trailer jennifer connelly, kiefer sutherland scifi movie hd duration. Strange days is a 1995 american science fiction thriller film directed by kathryn bigelow, written by james cameron and jay cocks, and produced by cameron. Camerons exwife, director kathryn bigelow point break, brought the whole, busy, violent enterprise to the screen, and while the films socially relevant heart is in the right place, its excesses wear one out. Angela bassett through the years 2 scifi and fantasy films of the 1990s 2 hollywood heartthrobs, then and now 1. With ralph fiennes, angela bassett, juliette lewis, tom sizemore. Download strange days yts yify movies torrents download.
Hes aided by a toughasnails angela bassett, whos more than just a sidekickshes one of the steeliest heroines of the 90s. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the kathryn bigelow directed. Strange days, kathryn bigelow s marvelously weird scifi neonoir from 1995, opens on december 30, 1999, the cusp of a new millennium, from a criminals point of view. Hammond talks to us about his new climb out track strange days. Its a recording of a lecture given by kathryn bigelow discussing how the opening 5 minute sequence was created. Kathryn bigelow born kathryn ann bigelow is an american film director, producer, and screenwriter. Its an insignificant detail, perhaps, but it tugs at your mind as kathryn bigelow. Set in the last two days of 1999, the film follows the story of a black marketeer of recordings that allow a user to experience the recorders. Set in the year 1999 during the last days of the old millennium, the movie tells the story of lenny nero, an excop who now deals with datadiscs containing recorded memories and emotions. A former cop turned streethustler accidentally uncovers a. Strange days is a 1995 american science fiction thriller film directed by kathryn bigelow, written by james cameron and jay cocks, and produced by cameron an. Kathryn bigelow s strange days 1995 is showing march 25 april 24, 2018 in many countries as part of the retrospective the present is woman, the woman is present.
Strange days opens with a dazzling steadicam oneshot as were thrust deep in the middle of the robbery of a chinese restaurant, all through the p. Set in the last two days of 1999, the film follows the story of a black marketeer of recordings that allow a user to experience the. Kathryn bigelow 2 brigitte bako 1 james cameron 1 richard edson 1 vincent donofrio 1 other. The widowmaker 2002, the hurt locker 2008, zero dark thirty 2012, and detroit 2017. February 5 wed strange days 1995, kathryn bigelow in a raucous dystopian future 1999. Jim cameron had been thinking of and working on it for about nine years. Kathryn bigelow celebrity profile check out the latest kathryn bigelow photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
Lenny investigates and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of blackmail, murder and rape. Angela bassett, juliette lewis, ralph fiennes, tom sizemore, michael wincott, official content from twentieth century fox home. Ralph fiennes, angela bassett, juliette lewis, tom. The film would later, like many of bigelow s previous films, gain cult status. Twentytwo years after it flopped out of theaters, a closer look at a.
Strange days is a 1995 american science fiction thriller film directed by kathryn bigelow, written by james cameron and jay cocks, and produced by cameron and stevencharles jaffe. Kathryn bigalow is fun to watch im glad she defined her own voice more distinctly in the hurt locker, but strange days is a great example of what james camerons style looks like when its combined with someone else. From director kathryn bigelow and writer james cameron comes the cyberpunk thriller strange days. The widowmaker 2002, the hurt locker 2008, zero dark thirty 2012, and detroit 2017 with the hurt locker, bigelow became the first. Revealed after four minutes to be a memory relived by s. Strange days received five saturn awards nominations and bigelow became the first female to win the best director prize. The most bigelow movie that kathryn bigelow ever did bigelow. Revisiting strange days, kathryn bigelows misunderstood. Kathryn bigelow s dazzling scifi headtrip unfolds in the waning hours of the 20th century, as ralph fiennes black market hustler is swept up in a conspiracy involving a virtual reality psychokiller. One day he receives a disc which contains the memories of a murderer killing a prostitute. Christine and emily are diving deep into kathryn bigelow s 1995 scifi punk and incredibly. It remains by far her most ambitious movie, putting on the blender so many at the moment anxities the rodney king tape, the approaching millenium, gangsta rap, virtual reality and the way then arriving social media changes how relationships and images are experienced and making them ready to be carnivalized.