Fear Of A Black Planet: Dark City
With Dark City, writer-director Alex Proyas almost out-Matrixed The Matrix. Here I shine fresh light on a cult picture whose genius is still to be fully appreciated.
A version of this article originally appeared in SFX.
January 1993, and Alex Proyas is deep in thought on the set of The Crow. In a few weeks time, the director's every waking moment will be consumed with the fallout from the tragic on-set death of his leading man Brandon Lee. But for now, the Egyptian-born Australian director is mid-daydream. For in Wil…
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