Synopsis
An alien creature invades New York's punk subculture in its search for an opiate released by the brain during an orgasm.
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Cast
- Anne CarlisleMargaret / Jimmy
- Paula E. SheppardAdrian
- Susan DoukasSylvia
- Otto von WernherrJohann
- Bob BradyOwen
- Elaine C. GroveKatherine
- Stanley KnappPaul
- Jack AdalistVincent
- Lloyd ZiffLester
- Harry LumDeliveryman
Recommendations
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Village Voice
Liquid Sky has always been caught smack between delirious curio, avant-garde put-on, exploitation cheapie, and naive masterpiece. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Outrageous fun, this film is New Wave chic, satire, self-parody, science fiction, and certainly one of the more accessible independent features ever made. - 70
Time Out
A bizarre, often hilarious melee of weird drugs, weird sex and off-the-wall camp. - 70
The New York Times
It's the overall resourcefulness of Mr. Tsukerman and his talented colleagues that gives Liquid Sky its high style. Visually bright and arresting, with a varied and insinuating electronic score, the film is full of eye-catching images. - 60
Chicago Reader
Director Slava Tsukerman doesn't have any new ideas, though this 1982 feature does improve on some old ones, notably its use of a rapid parallel montage technique to enliven the ancient Warholian comedy of boredom and underreaction by cutting to different characters and different shticks. - 60
Variety
Liquid Sky is an odd, yet generally pleasing mixture of punk rock, science fiction, and black humor. - 60
Empire
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. With lots of sex and violence, it sounds a lot more promising than it is, let down by its poor acting, script and a cast we feel little sympathy for.
