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Although Alex Proyas wrote the original screenplay, very little of the plot was retained (besides th [...]	D
Alex Proyas wrote the part of Mr. Hand especially for Richard O'Brien.	D
An over-sized version of Dr. Schreber's syringe (roughly a yard long) was built for the close up sho [...]	D
The original ending was much different from what ended up in the final film. Originally there was a [...]	D
An earlier draft of the script had Dr. Schreber being skinned alive during the finale.	D
According to Alex Proyas, the ship and the city are not stationary in space. They are actually trave [...]	D
Alex Proyas began writing the script in 1990, shortly before he directed The Crow. He admits some of [...]	D
The spiral in Bumstead's coffee cup is added for the director's cut. "No one got it in the original [...]	D
When Murdoch and Bumstead burst through the wall and it is revealed they are simply floating in spac [...]	D
Feedback received on Dark City's early test screenings were so dissimilar that Alex Proyas realized [...]	D
(at around 10 mins) The music which Inspector Bumstead is playing on his accordion in his very first [...]	D
(at around 1h 16 mins) According to director Alex Proyas's commentary on the Director's Cut DVD, tes [...]	D
In his Bluray commentary for Il corvo - The Crow (1994), Alex Proyas recollected that he had the ide [...]	D
Alex Proyas doesn't think of the Strangers as evil. He thinks of them more as "tragic villains", wha [...]	D
Both Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt have been in movies about the Incredible Hulk. Connelly play [...]	D
Alex Proyas feels most movies are straightforward, very simplistic, almost one-dimensional narrative [...]	D
The first draft of the script by Alex Proyas was vastly different from the finished film. It include [...]	D
Every set in the city was a built set. Nothing was filmed on location. Alex Proyas mentions this was [...]	D
American heavy metal band Iced Earth wrote a song titled "Dark City" that is directly inspired from [...]	D
In the movie Emma Murdoch (Jennifer Connelly) is depicted as a singer in a nightclub. Despite she is [...]	D
It was a surprise to Alex Proyas that Kiefer Sutherland ended up in the Dr. Schreber role. Sutherlan [...]	D
Some have asked Alex Proyas why the Strangers didn't get rid of Walenski, the former investigator wh [...]	D
The moment with the prostitute's daughter has been added. It's a setup for a moment later on that ha [...]	D
This was the last movie watched by Argentine rock idol Gustavo Cerati before he suffered a stroke th [...]	D
Near the end of the film, there's a shot of Jennifer Connelly (Emma/Anna) at the end of a pier looki [...]	D
Kiefer Sutherland appears in this film with Rufus Sewell. Sewell would later work with Donald Suther [...]	D
Alex Proyas left the Stranger's reasoning behind the city and the experiment as simply "They're look [...]	D
The song from the film's trailer is "Sleep Now" by Hughes Hall. The song was also used in the traile [...]	D
(at around 14 mins) According to the list that Bumstead shows to Emma, the names of Murdoch's victim [...]	D
New Line Cinema forced Alex Proyas to include the opening narration by Kiefer Sutherland, which give [...]	D
The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.	D
Alex Proyas mentions he knew who Rufus Sewell was before Dark City, but he also recognizes how most [...]	D
Major themes in the film's design are circles and spirals. This fits as the Strangers are constantly [...]	D
Roger Ebert called this movie the Best Film of 1998. He recorded a special audio commentary track fo [...]	D
The film was primarily shot inside the Commemorative Pavillion at Sydney Showgrounds in Moore Park, [...]	D
Alex Proyas wanted the film to look real, not highly theatrical like Tim Burton's Batman (1989), whi [...]	D
A number of pieces of the set, including those used for the rooftop chase, were sold to the producti [...]	D
The shot of Murdoch looking at his fingerprint and how the print spirals in the camera was added for [...]	D
The scene with Murdoch, Bumstead, and Dr. Schreber in the car has been extended for the director's c [...]	D
Has one of the shortest Average shot lengths (ASL) of any modern narrative production at 1.8 seconds [...]	D
"It's an incredibly complicated concept," says Alex Proyas during the scene when Murdoch first confr [...]	D
"As we sit here in this room recording this dialogue, who knows whether we actually did experience d [...]	D
A concept in filming was to use long lenses in the beginning, show minute details of the world, and [...]	D
The movie appears to take place in the late 1950's/early 1960's. Cars and clothing appear almost exc [...]	D
The Strangers have created a world that is very generic. Naming the location Murdoch is trying to ge [...]	D
The repeated theme of circles and spirals noted elsewhere, and established by the blood patterns lef [...]	D
(at around 50 mins) All of the fish in Neptune's Kingdom are Oscars.	D
Alex Proyas felt the tuning effects, the spiral that comes out of Murdoch's forehead when he's tunin [...]	D
The original concept was to be from the point of view of the investigator. The character would be lo [...]	D
The name of Kiefer Sutherland's character, Daniel Schreber, is the same as that of an author of an e [...]	D
According to Alex Proyas, all of the actors, at least the main ones, did fully understand what was g [...]	D
Alex Proyas brings up how the film's look was influenced to an extent by other science fiction films [...]	D
The filmmakers cite 1940s-50s films noir (particularly Il falcone maltese (1941)) and the sci-fi fea [...]	D
The film bounced between a number of studios mostly due to disagreements they had with how Alex Proy [...]	D
Alex Proyas was always reluctant about showing too much of the aliens that live inside the Strangers [...]	D
This film deals with 'Last Thursdayism', a philosophy described in a satiric comment by 20th-century [...]	D
The scene at the end with Murdoch and Emma now Anna on the pier was one of the only days production [...]	D
On the DVD commentary, co-writer David S. Goyer reveals two possible explanations for the origin of [...]	D
The word "tuning" was thought up by Alex Proyas, but there was some debate on this. Screenwriter Lem [...]	D
Alex Proyas mentions his fascination with water, how he loves shooting water. As he states and as yo [...]	D
There were many deliberate anachronisms to give the viewer a feeling of confusion about the time per [...]	D
Alex Proyas isn't sure what the functionality of the face covering the Strangers' time clock is. He [...]	D
Melissa George's movie debut.	D
The number of the motel room in which John Murdoch wakes up at the start of the film is 614. In the [...]	D
Alex Proyas mentions a misconception, that some people think the Strangers have the ability to alter [...]	D
Neptune Kingdom, the location in the film where Murdoch goes and finds his uncle, was based on Luna [...]	D
(at around 2 mins) At the beginning of the film, there is a brief shot of the movie theatre which sa [...]	D
The differences in the theatrical and director's cut start right off with the opening shot. The thea [...]	D
The metallic cage Dr. Schreber is wearing near the end of the film was inspired, as was the characte [...]	D
There were additional scenes cut for the theatrical version. Alex Proyas mentions he would like to a [...]	D
Alex Proyas got the idea for the buildings changing and growing while the crew was moving pieces of [...]	D
Mr. Sleep, the child Stranger, was played by twins, a boy and a girl. The siblings loved shooting Da [...]	D
The film was originally going to be released in the fall of 1997, which is presumably why it bears a [...]	D
Mr. Sleep is played by twins, a girl (Satya Gumbert) and her brother (Noah Gumbert). Both were fond [...]	D
Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the ending cr [...]	D
Some of the ordering of shots in the early scene where Inspector Bumstead is investigating the murde [...]	D

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Blade Runner	D
Il mago di Oz	D
Allucinazione perversa	D
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	D
WatchMojo: Top 10 Times the Crazy Guy Was Right in Film	D
Flat Earth Conspiracy: This Week in Flat Earth: Episode 8	D
The Movie Show: Episode dated 24 August 1997	D
La donna che visse due volte	D
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Diario di un ladro	D
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Il vaso di Pandora	D
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WatchMojo: Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies That Were Better Than Expected	D
Requiem for a Dream	D
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Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Memo to the Academy - 1999	D
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The Nostalgia Critic: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	D
Eraserhead - La mente che cancella	D
M - Il mostro di DÃ¼sseldorf	D
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Renegade Cut: Dark City	D
Resident Evil: Retribution	D
Half in the Bag: Blade Runner 2049	D
31 Horror Movies in 31 Days: Say No to Babies: The Baby and The Unborn	D
Hellraiser	D
X-Files: The Pine Bluff Variant	D
WatchMojo: Top 10 Cult Classics: Sci-Fi	D
Atop the Fourth Wall: NFL SuperPro Special Edition #1	D
The Cinema Snob: Gotti	D
The Final Destination 3D	D
Dark City: Introduction by Alex Proyas	D
X-Men	D
Tamara's Never Seen: Dark City	D
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Final Cut - Ladies and gentlemen	D
Zardoz	D
Don't Say a Word	D
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Apri gli occhi	D
Honest Trailers: Blade Runner	D
A Glitch in the Matrix	D
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Il pasto nudo	D
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Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Matrix	D
Mask of the Evil Apparition	D
La jetÃ©e	D
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I guardiani del destino	D
Elysaviews: WINEning About Movies: Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998)	D
A Detective Story	D
Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Palmetto/Senseless/Dangerous Beauty/Mrs. Dalloway/Nil by Mouth/Live Flesh	D
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LamÃ¹: Beautiful Dreamer	D
Dick Spanner, P.I.	D
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WhatCulture Originals: 9 Awesome Films That Never Got The Cult Following They Deserved	D
Minty Comedic Arts: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Blade (Movie)	D
Phenomena	D
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Flat Earth Clues: Shell Beach	D
After Hours: I Nightmare of Genie	D

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(at around 41 mins) When Emma is singing in the club, we first see her from behind. In the next shot [...]	D
(at around 59 mins) When questioning a stranger on the rooftop, Murdoch falls and catches himself by [...]	D
(at around 10 mins) During the time Murdoch is attempting to remember his first name, the little "Be [...]	D
(at around 60 mins) After John Murdoch opens the door and almost falls from the building, he grabs t [...]	D
(at around 59 mins) When on the fire escape, one of the Strangers opens the window and enters the bu [...]	D
(at around 1h 4 mins) During the jail interview, Emma is alternately holding the phone by its top/bo [...]	D
(at around 57 mins) Although when John Murdoch jumps across the roofs, he jumps onto the same roof t [...]	D
(at around 1h 13 mins) When the flashback shows Dr. Schreber injecting himself to erase his memories [...]	D
Around 5 minutes into the film, as Murdoch leaves the room after the warning call from Dr. Schreber, [...]	D
When the Goodwin's dining table expands, serving dishes appear, so why not the candelabras as well?	D
(at around 18 mins) Mr. Quick meets his death when the waving arm of the Shell Beach billboard chops [...]	D
(at around 1h 5 mins) When the glass partition is broken, a second sheet of glass is used to protect [...]	D
(at around 12 mins) After John uses his 'tune' to force the Automat slot open to get his wallet, the [...]	D
(at around 17 mins) When Murdoch is on the Shell Beach billboard and collapses after reading the new [...]	D
At 1:19 the syringe prop has no needle attached.	D
The Strangers are supposed to have a collective memory, but when Mr Hand gets injected with John's m [...]	D
The wire that pulls the stranger up on the roof in front of John is clearly visible for a moment.	D
(at around 7 mins) John Murdoch's wife sings in a club toward the beginning of the film. Though her [...]	D
(at around 1h 8 mins) When the doctor is pointing a gun at Murdoch and trying to give him the inject [...]	D
At 1:28:18 Dr. Daniel Schreber (Kiefer Sutherland) is seen crouched by the hole in the wall, by 1:29 [...]	D
(at around 60 mins) The cable holding John Murdoch when he jumps from the doorway to the building wh [...]	D
(at around 31 mins) The cable holding the doctor while he is being levitated by the stranger is clea [...]	D
(at around 24 mins) When fleeing from Bumstead, Murdoch jumps down the same stairs twice.	D
In the opening scenes of the film, the elevated train is very obviously seen to be a model by the wa [...]	D
(at around 3 mins) When John Murdoch wakes up in the bathtub, the blood on his forehead changes posi [...]	D
(at around 7 mins) The band playing in the beginning has an upright bass-player, but the sound is cl [...]	D
(at around 60 mins) After John Murdoch opens the door and almost falls from the building, as he hang [...]	D
(at around 60 mins) The cable supporting John Murdoch when he opens the door and nearly falls down t [...]	D

Frase

Mr. Wall: No more Mr. Quick. Mr. Quick, dead, yes. [...]	D
Dr. Schreber: It appears that John has suffered a [...]	D
Husselbeck: Everything Detective Walenski committe [...]	D
John Murdoch: Excuse me. How do I get to the end o [...]	D
Mr. Hand: I have become the monster you were inten [...]	D
Walenski: I've been trying to remember things, CLE [...]	D
[last lines] Emma Murdoch: I'm Anna, by the way. [...]	D
Mr. Hand: It seems you have discovered your unplea [...]	D
[At the final tuning] Mr. Book: SHUT IT DOWN! SHU [...]	D
[first lines] Dr. Schreber: [voiceover] First the [...]	D
[Schraber mixes memories] Dr. Schreber: These do [...]	D
John Murdoch: Hey, do you know the way to Shell Be [...]	D
John Murdoch: When was the last time you remember [...]	D
Mr. Wall: Do not fret, Anna. I will give you some [...]	D
Dr. Schreber: You are probably wondering why I kee [...]	D
Dr. Schreber: I call them the Strangers. They abdu [...]	D
[from the director's cut] Mr. Hand: We're very lu [...]	D
[after Mr. Hand is imprinted with Murdoch's memori [...]	D
Dr. Schreber: When they first brought us here, the [...]	D
Mr. Wall: She knows nothing, Mr. Hand. Mr. Hand: [...]	D
Mr. Hand: Sleep, now.	D
Mr. Book: He's becoming like us. Mr. Wall: So we [...]	D
[Murdoch opens the door to what should be Shell Be [...]	D
Mr. Hand: [stomps on a newspaper clipping] So it s [...]	D
Mr. Hand: There used to be a ferry when I was a bo [...]	D
Dr. Schreber: Listen to me, John. You have their p [...]	D
Dr. Schreber: You still don't understand, John. Yo [...]	D
Dr. Schreber: Remember John, never talk to strange [...]	D
John Murdoch: Here, let me ask you a question. You [...]	D
[Emma notices Bumstead's accordian] Emma Murdoch: [...]	D
John Murdoch: I know this is gonna sound crazy, bu [...]	D
Inspector Frank Bumstead: [Murdoch escaping] No on [...]	D
[at the murder scene] Inspector Frank Bumstead: W [...]	D
Inspector Frank Bumstead: So Husselbeck, what kind [...]	D
Mr. Hand: But I wanted to know what it was like... [...]	D
John Murdoch: I was just thinking, what you do see [...]	D
[after overhearing a phone call between Emma and K [...]	D

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