EP04 - Escape from New York (1981)

Welcome back to CYBERPUNK CINEMA - the definitive dive into the dark future of science fiction. In this week's episode, I will breakdown the cult classic ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981), a "proto-punk" and "cyberpunk-adjacent" film that paves the way for the entire genre of cyberpunk - from the anti-hero in Snake Plissken, to the undesirable "low-lifes" living in a world crumbling into ruins, to the rising power of a totalitarian police state, to a plausible dark future that is self-reflective of our own present. This is the primer. William Gibson was inspired to write Neuromancer, partially from watching this movie, and hearing a throwaway line that Lee Van Cleef gave to Kurt Russell, about "flying the gullfire over Leningrad." How cool is that?Just like all great cyberpunk films, Escape from New York has a ton of attitude, it hits on all the vibes, and the tone represents everything that cyberpunk was and will be in the near future.  John Carpenter is the Genre King, and this is one of his finest efforts. Enjoy! Anthony's IG - https://www.instagram.com/stormgiantproductionsCyberpunk Cinema IG - https://www.instagram.com/cyberpunk.cinemaSignal Fragment - SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/signalfragmentSend us a Text Message.