Liquid Sky (1982)
Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. They land on top of a New York apartment inhabited by a drug dealer and her female, androgynous, bisexual nymphomaniac lover (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Slava Tsukerman
Written By: Anne Carlisle, Nina V. Kerova
Starring: Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Bob Brady, Susan Doukas, Otto von Wernherr, Elaine C. Grove
Country: USA
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Liquid Sky belongs to 29 collections
1. Mindfuck (collaborative: moderated by Mockus - 86 stars)
2. Certified weird (collaborative: moderated by Dreamer - 47 stars)
3. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (collaborative: moderated by Gregzilla - 40 stars)
4. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 30 stars)
5. Drugs (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 16 stars)
6. New York (collaborative: moderated by djross - 10 stars)
7. Wierd / Mindfuck / Surreal (collaborative: moderated by neurophate - 9 stars)
8. Fantastic and surreal (public: juandr - 9 stars)
9. Alien visitation (collaborative: moderated by djross - 7 stars)
10. Cult Classics (collaborative: moderated by Jellysauce - 5 stars)
11. Filmsite.org - Sex in the Movies, An Illustrated History (collaborative: moderated by afx237vi - 5 stars)
12. 500 essential cult films (not seen) (public: cayh - 5 stars)
13. Capsules, guest reviews, list candidates... (366weirdmovies) (collaborative: moderated by sesito71 - 4 stars)
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16. Cult Movies (Danny Peary) (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 3 stars)
17. One Actor, Multiple Roles (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 2 stars)
18. Electronic Music (collaborative: moderated by edkrak - 2 stars)
19. Pre-Guiliani New York (collaborative: moderated by mattburgess - 2 stars)
20. Vaporwave aesthetics (collaborative: moderated by Ghalea - 2 stars)
21. Cinemag's Best Sci-fi Films (collaborative: moderated by hristos - 1 star)
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Paxton | 63 41st |
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Oh, you know, it's like a mixture of Requiem for a Dream, It Follows and Teeth as filmed from the perspective of the Predator's heat vision. It took me 37 years but I finally finished watching all of Paula E. Sheppard's filmography.
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terrymac | 70 58th |
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Whoa, that music is difficult to enjoy. Coupled with the lurid neon visuals, I was reminded of a time when I was feverish with an ear infection as a child. It's largely nonsense, full of wafty new-wave oddballs spouting wafty new-wave dialogue, but there's enough coherence and imagination to make it worth sticking with. I ended up quite enjoying it; it even hints at something deeper beneath the surface that might emerge on a subsequent viewing. Very culty, I think.
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Mentaculus | 74 61st |
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I kinda loved this. It's a mess of pacing, but has a gritty, no-fucks brashness about it that I found impossible to dismiss. It may also be a potent witness to sexual abuse PTSD, but laced with heroin, aliens, androgyny, and new wave cultural posturing. Its daring and desire stick with you.
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kyvetti | 72 83rd |
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A film which shows that the movie doesn't actually have to be good to be highly enjoyable.
One friend of mine dismissed this one as nothing but garishly made up trendy futurists doing drugs and having sex in NYC, I praised this for the same reason. There is a storyline of sorts about a flying saucer which comes to earth to score heroin and starts annihilating people. Male and female lead are played by the same actress. It's all very cultish.
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Moribunny | 70 75th |
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"Are you from Germany?" - "Yes, West Berlin" - "I am Jewish. So what do you think is the connection between heroin and aliens?". Incredibly stupid dialogue abounds in Liquid Sky but fits perfectly with the stupid punk makeup and fashion. It's trippy campy fun: watch with friends as I did and endless lulz are guaranteed, with or without the addition of MST3K-style audience commentary. The visuals are imaginative for a shoestring budget and the oddball synth music rules. The pacing is so-so.
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Ocelot | 65 64th |
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a deeply unpleasant and antagonistic film. I saw it at a midnight showing on highly scratched 35mm film. the sound nearly blew my ears off. I'm not sure I could recommend this film be watched any other way. the discordant attack on the senses demonstrates its value, and its depiction of anhedonic, suicidal misery all the more horrifying.
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deep_green | 100 99th |
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Liquid Sky isn't quite the camp classic to me that it's reputation suggests. Instead, the more I watch it the more if becomes a deeply sensitive and moving portrait, certainly from a strong feminist viewpoint. The visual and narrative style is one of the strongest Fuck Yous to the establishment ever, in terms of its defiantly idiosyncratic attitude in every aspect. Essentially the No-Wave, New York Le Rayon Vert.
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Neonman | 55 10th |
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There's perhaps an interesting film somewhere here, as some of the scenes are enjoyable to watch and the connections between aliens, drug use, sex, sexuality, and fashion seem at least half-baked. This is also uber-'80s camp fun, featuring some startling costumes, sets, and effects. However, this is often horribly made, as it contains some very stilted acting, some incredibly silly dialogue/scenarios, horrendous editing (that often interrupts scenes), and probably the worst electro-score ever.
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fabfunk | 75 67th |
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A trip of the strangest kind. You will never forgive your brain. Yes, it's a tad amateurish and silly, but also, in many ways, unforgettable.
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MadMan | 95 86th |
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Haunting, bizarre and fascinating. One of those cult films that you either dislike or fully embrace. The shots of 1980s NYC are unreal.
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irvinejump | 80 84th |
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Anne Carlisle is great in this film. Trippy fun
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AFlickering | 5 75th |
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well, the duty is yours, the house is mine. and in my house, shrimps are more important than duty.
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Spunkie | 70 84th |
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This is one of the movies that takes 80ies fashion and mindscape to most extreme. It's amateurish for the most part, still it deserves attention. Identity crisis debates are a lot of fun.
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Dean Franz | 55 48th |
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Odd mix of artsy statement, satire and unintentional comedy. A feminist, new wave bunch of fucking nonsense, grotesquely inflated in length, but the good bits and sheer weirdness make it worth sticking with.
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Seryxa | 0 15th |
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A film with an undeserved cult reputation, presumably because it is set among punks and junkies; otherwise it is tediously plotted and poorly written and acted, dealing with unattractive characters in an unpleasant environment.
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by Devol | 82 82nd |
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one of my top five guilty pleasures. My favourite character is Vince the disco guy who only talks the talk about the coke. Wow that was the most refreshing review I've ever written.
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SheWas | 95 98th |
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Great music, affection for aliens, and some freakyshit music! Go to hell, suits you well.
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cpreview | 5 28th |
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This movie is a massive cheesefest in every sense of the word. It is quirky enough to be interesting though (hence the 5 stars instead of 4), and is certainly original to the point that I could certainly imagine some enjoying this multiple times. Again, for the moment I've decided to include it as a cyberpunk flick, but I'm sorely tempted to move it to the "not cyberpunk" category. Even though the visuals qualify in a strange way, there is no cyberpunk themes to speak of here.
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adamj1982 | 90 94th |
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Incredibly authentic. From cringey art performance to drug use, you get that these people know the scene. A snapshot of a time and place that only existed for a flash and can never return. Loved it.
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lofisofi | 90 95th |
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gorgeous, memorable, unreal, dreamy, beautiful soundtrack, merits re-viewing
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| Average Percentile 50.73% from 289 Ratings |  |