Episode 638: Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 144 minutes

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We conclude Sci-Fi July with a look at Robert Longo's Johnny Mnemonic (1995). The film was based on a story by and adapted by William Gibson and stars Keanu Reeves as the titular Mr. Mnemonic, a data courier with an implant in his cranium. He’s hired by a trio of scientists who overload his hard drive with the cure for a disease of the future.
Duane Swierczynski and Dahlia Schweitzer join Mike to discuss the film while director Robert Longo dishes about the behind-the-scenes struggle to get the picture made.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Cut it off.
0:25.6	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off. Good morning. This is your wake-up call.
0:50.3	The year is 2021.
0:57.7	It is no longer safe to transmit information.
1:01.9	Phones, computers, and satellites are all vulnerable.
1:04.2	But there is a solution.
1:06.5	Your storage capacity?
1:09.0	I can carry nearly 80 gigs of data in my head.
1:14.5	Input the data into the brain of a human courier, like Johnny Nomonic.
1:15.3	Hit me.
1:22.7	How do you fit all that in your head anyway?
1:25.0	I had to dump a chunk of long-term memory.
1:26.7	You had to dump a chunk of what-term memory. You had to dump a chunk of what?
1:28.8	My childhood.
1:31.9	What are you doing?
1:33.8	Making a long-distance phone call.
1:37.7	I've got the goods, Ralphie.
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