Strange Days (1995)
48 hours before New Year's Eve 1999, street hustler Lenny Nero is selling illegal virtual reality discs in a Los Angeles that resembles a nightmare where the future world of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971) merges with the neon-lit New York decadence of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976). He is deeply loved by his girlfriend, limo driver Mace, but is obsessed with Faith, who left him for a record producer who promised to make her a star. When Lenny reconnects with Faith, he meets Jeriko, a rap star with connections to the city's downtrodden. He comes into possession of a disc that reveals a brutal rape and murder. Realizing that this crime might have political consequences, Nero enlists the help of his best friend Max, a former cop, to help him identify the killer before Faith becomes the next victim.
Film programs
Books with substantial mentioning of Strange Days
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Roz Kaveney From Alien to the Matrix, Reading Science Fiction Film London - New York, 2005 |
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Beth A. Fhaner and Christopher P. Scanlon (eds.) Magill's Cinema Annual 1996, 15th Edition. A Survey of the Films of 1995 Detroit; New York; Toronto; London, 1996 |
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Reviews
| Philip Strick, Strange Days, in: Sight & Sound, nr. 1 (January), 1996 pp. 53-55 |
