Nitehawk Cinema presents this 1982 classic as part of their Future Noir midnight screening series, Friday6/20 and Saturday 6/21.
Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin and find it in the early 80s new wave scene. 35mm presentation!
This independent science fiction films uses the new wave downtown scene of the early 1980s to show a rather dystopic and ugly version of the future. Campy and stylish with a heavy dose of depressing, Liquid Sky shows a world where tiny aliens descend to feed their heroin-like addiction of a “drug” produced after sexual climax. They use real heroin addict Margaret as their tool to score but she doesn’t mind it when her partners are vaporized because they’re all jerks anyway! With great production design and a heavy dose of punk attitude, Liquid Sky paints a rather dismal portrait of this scene as Marget kills, a scientist tracks the aliens’ intentions, and society falls apart around them all.
Run Time: 112 minutes
Director: Slava Tsukerman
Starring: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Bob Brady
Format: 35mm
Year: 1982
Language: English
Age Policy: 18 and up
Note: Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights (meaning arrive on Friday or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating, the movie starts after midnite)!
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