Dark City: Director’s Cut: Presented By Flickrhappy
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Run Time: 111 min.
From visionary director Alex Proyas (The Crow), Dark City is a dazzling, mind-bending journey into a world where memory, identity, and reality itself are manipulated by unseen forces. Flickrhappy is proud to present the Director’s Cut of the film, restoring Proyas’ original vision in its most complete and immersive form.
Dark City follows John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell), a man who awakens in a strange city with no memory, hunted for a crime he cannot recall. As he pieces together the mystery of who he is, he discovers a truth stranger than he could imagine. With stunning visuals and haunting performances by Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland, and William Hurt, Dark City is a surreal fusion of neo-noir mystery, dystopian thriller, visionary sci-fi, and so much more.
Celebrated upon release, Dark City won and was nominated for multiple awards, was screened out of competition at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, and earned lasting acclaim from critics and cinephiles alike. The legendary Roger Ebert named it the best film of 1998 and later enshrined it on his prestigious Great Movies list, hailing it as a masterpiece of modern science fiction, and comparing its influence to classics like Metropolis and Blade Runner.
This program is a venue rental engagement. Member discounts and Frida Cinema comp passes not valid. The views and opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of The Frida Cinema or its staff.