JOHNNY MNEMONIC (Robert Longo, 1995)

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30 years ago today, filming began on JM!

I remember reading about it being announced in film magazines, and I was so excited because it seemed like the most ambitious project Dolph was ever part of, the title was mysterious, the cast was unheard of, it was penned by a revered cyberpunk writer, and it sounded like it could become a sci-fi masterpiece like the BLADE RUNNER of the 90s...

Then started a long, long wait before I could see it in November 1995 (six months after the US)...

A very rare advert from when JM was presented/promoted in Cannes 1994 (by Dolph and Dina Meyer notably) while it was still in production

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After many attempts to adapt William Gibson's seminal NEUROMANCER, it seems to be on again for AppleTV, Robert Pattinson rumored to star
https://comicbookmovie.com/batman/the-b ... on-a209481

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4K scan of 35mm Canadian trailer

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B&W version screening in Cincinnati July 31
https://www.esquiretheatre.com/events/5 ... onic-1995/

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B&W version screening November 27 at the Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A, Brisbane, Australia
https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/cinema/sc ... 024-11-27/

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Theatrical version on glorious 35mm at Prince Charles Cinema November 14 (along with other Keanu titles)
https://princecharlescinema.com/film/31 ... -mnemonic/

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Ice-T interview:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/202 ... ed-lawyers

What were your first thoughts when you read the script for Johnny Mnemonic? arashikage
William Gibson wrote that, and I knew he was an incredible sci-fi writer. Keanu Reeves was just coming off Speed, so he was hot as fuck. Henry Rollins and Dolph Lundgren were in the movie. Plus the offer was good, so I really didn’t give a fuck about the script. It was a fun ride, and I’m proud of that movie.

I became good friends with Henry Rollins when we were on Lollapalooza together. I learned a lot about being a lead singer from seeing him come on stage barefoot with “Search & Destroy” on his back. I was like, this motherfucker’s bad – I gotta be bad like him. It was a sense of just being true to yourself: to be and do what the fuck you want, because if you’re really a leader you dictate what the fucking culture is, you don’t let the culture dictate to you.

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Film Screening + Artist Talk: Johnny Mnemonic: In Black and White, Milwaukee, WI,
Nov 21, 2024
https://patch.com/wisconsin/milwaukee/c ... -and-white

After the screening, Robert Longo and Academy Award-winning director John Ridley will talk about how the film’s 2021 rerelease enables a new examination of the film and connects to his current studio practice.

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Nicole Kidman in a recreation of Robert Longo's "Men in the City" photographs
https://www.instagram.com/p/DCkMyrWzXnm/