Machines that think, worlds that aren't, and what's left of you.
the ceiling for science fiction, set in 1968
the most influential production design in science fiction
flopped, and no one has managed to make another one
the film that taught a generation what a modem was
Verhoeven's memory puzzle, played as pulp
anime that reshaped sci-fi imagery
a year before *The Matrix*, same ideas
got more true every year
dismissed as Spielberg softening Kubrick; it's brutal
rotoscoped Philip K. Dick
one actor, one set, one great idea
the loneliest good-looking future
small, sharp, cheap, excellent
great reviews, an enormous box-office loss, and now unarguable
