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Sophie's avatar

I ended up at the premiere of this film in 1997 (when I was 13 years old!) because the director is a family friend. 13 year old me thought this film was very clever and stylized [sadly I did not get to meet any of the stars). Nearly 40 year old me is audibly saying "oh god" at every other scene turn. *Fun fact: Production forgot to (or just...failed to) secure a license to use that artwork prior to the film's theatrical release in the final scene. So there are some prints of the film that just have that sculptural painting as swirls and shapes in lieu of human bodies. Also the scene where Kevin/Keanu walks out into the street and it's completely empty is NOT CGI. They actually cleared nearly a mile of Manhattan for that shot.

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I spit out my yogurt on my computer monitor from this line: "Kevin walks through the streets of Manhattan, which are deserted using Satan magic. It’s like early Covid! We honor our essential workers! Haha, remember when honored our essential workers before we had the collective spirit slowly ground out of us by capitalism and the Republicans AND THE DEMOCRATS? Maybe I do believe in Satan!"

So, eternal thanks, Lindy, for that.

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