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Johnny Mnemonic (English)
Location
Main screening room
Date
August 5th, 2024
Duration
93 min
Cycle
Science fiction

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Johnny Mnemonic
Directed by
Robert Longo
Language
English
Actors
Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer, Ice-T
Origins
Canada, USA
Year
1995
Duration
93 min
Genre
Action, drama, science fiction, thriller
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Johnny is a messenger who integrates and transports digital data in his brain for various customers who wish to protect their data at all costs. He takes on a risky mission, to say the least, in addition to being chased by yakuza.

Johnny Mnemonic

Robert Longo

Robert Longo is a contemporary American artist, painter, and sculptor. He achieved his first successes in the early 1980s with his series Men in the Cities: large charcoal drawings depicting men and women against a pristine background, soberly dressed in black and white, adopting constrained, contorted poses. Some of his work from this serie was prominently displayed in the apartment of Patrick Bateman in the film American Psycho (2000). Subsequently, his works took a more sculptural turn with pieces like Sword of the Pig and Combines. In 1995, his passion for cinema led him to direct his only film to date, the cyberpunk Johnny Mnemonic. Werner Spies describes Longo's style as "fatal romanticism."

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