Film
Liquid Sky
Slava Tsukerman • US 1982 • 112‘
35mm • eOF+dUT • in Kooperation mit KinoZeitreisen
04.07.2020, 20:30 Leokino
Full of progressive ideas and featuring a marvellous soundtrack, Liquid Sky is one of the most outrageous and original sci-fi films ever made. Aliens who land on Earth for heroine move on to chasing greater pleasures in this film that takes a close look at the 1980s NYC underground scene and puts genre conventions through shock. The influence of the film’s atmosphere, which feeds on the avant-garde and cyberpunk aesthetics, can be seen from the musical genre of electroclash tharough costumes donned by icons such as Lady Gaga and Sia. Liquid Sky is a kitsch sci-fi dystopia, a stylistic search with an innovative narrative about gender roles full of prophecies on fashion and music. As Engin Ertan wrote, it is “an amalgamation of authentic ideas that is not for everyone’s taste, but will sweep some people off their feet.” (Istanbul Film Festival)
Introduction: Marco Friedrich Trenkwalder (DIAMETRALE)
Slava Tsukerman(*1940 in Moscow) is a director, writer and producer. In 1961 he made his first film I Believe in Spring. For the next twelve years he was active in independent filmmaking in the USSR. In 1973 he emigrated to Israel where he directed a couple of films. He moved to New York in 1976. Six years later he wrote, directed and produced the cult-classic Liquid Sky (1982).
Director, Writer Slava Tsukerman • Cinematography Yuri Neyman • Edit Sharyn L. Ross, Slava Tsukerman • Cast Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas • Producers Robert Field, Nina V. Kerova, Slava Tsukerman • Music Brenda I. Hutchinson, Clive Smith, Slava Tsukerman • Rights Jupiter Film