Liquid Sky

"Liquid Sky" is a gonzo comedy, a solarized downtown farce set in the wee hours just before the sun came up on Ronald Reagan's morning in America.

The film is a melange of electric theatre, parody, caricature and mock-seriousness. It works well if you let it. Some might not bother. But I rather liked it.

This film doesn't give a Day-Glo damn about making sense, but in its own deadpan, punked-out way, it's quite funny.

It's punk sci-fi, black comedy executed at the level of a vicious high-fashion comic strip; yet it rises above its banalities and leaves an imprint.

The film might sound ludicrous, and it is often funny - intentionally - but it's impassioned rather than some grim joke.

Knowingly kitsch, Liquid Sky uses the most basic effects and featuring music and fashion that were cutting edge at the time, it now looks fashionably retro.

It’s a film about performance art that feels like performance art, a surreal genre film that straddles American underground rebellion and European art movie ...

...the costumes are wild, the NYC club scene is well caught, and the print on Amazon Prime is surprisingly good&#59; if you’ve never heard of it, broad-minded viewers will always find something outré in this weird and occasionally wonderful film.



Its post-punk callousness gives it an irreverent kick.

The film does not permit despair or inaction. Rather, it begs a wry laugh and the courage to change our world against all odds.