Cast: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt
Year: 1998
Length: 96min
Director: Alex Proyas
Rated: R

I have heard some refer to Dark City as the original The Matrix but that is not quite accurate. It is similar to The Matrix in that we learn of a world created by something other than God / a god / gods or human beings. However, we also learn that our use as humans are for some experiment at learning how we tick and what makes us who we are. In fact we learn that we are nothing but a collection of memories: that everything up until each moment of our lives is created from a series of past memories.

Reason for Importance

Dark City is important for anyone questioning reality, anyone into idealism or existialism, and even to those who are realist. I would image that the directors/writers read some Berkeley or Leibniz when creating this movie because their ideas are very prominent in the movie.

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