Johnny Mnemonic (1995, dir. Robert Longo). Rewatch; first time seeing the
black & white version. Watched with a group; missed the first 20 minutes.
I'm pretty sure I first saw this in the theater when it was released in
'95. I have mixed feelings on it. I think the main problem with it I have
now is that it's just overstuffed. There's too much going on, nothing has
space to breathe. A more straightforward adaptation of the short story
would have been better in my opinion. I'd like to read the script at some
point, see how close the film is to it. It's better in black & white, more
textured, even reminds me of Tetsuo the Iron Man in a couple of places
with the locations and background set dressing. Not a movie I'm interested
in revisitng often but I'm glad to have caught a group viewing of it today.
