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🗓️ 21 March 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Anne Carlisle - the star and co-writer of LIQUID SKY and James St. James join me for an in-depth exploration of this pioneering film.
One of the first films to explicitly depict & discuss pansexuality, androgyny & gender fluidity in any substantial way, LIQUID SKY also serves as an essay on toxic masculinity, ingrained homophobia and the ingrained misogyny of both overground & underground culture.
LIQUID SKY’s hyper-stylized neon soaked aesthetic & aggressively bizarre, completely electronic score has continued to influence fashion, music and pop-culture in general since initial release in 1983.
It’s also a science fiction picture. AND the male and female leads are played by the same person. PLUS... LIQUID SKY features the second and final role for mysterious cult actress Paula Sheppard (ALICE, SWEET ALICE). We find out what Paula was like, where she likely went and how she feels about her acting career now.
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0:32.6 | Liquid Sky |
0:33.7 | One of the first films to explicitly depict and discuss pansexuality, and |
0:38.3 | genderqueerness in any substantial way. It is also an essay on toxic masculinity, ingrained |
0:44.3 | homophobia and the ingrained misogyny of both over-ground and underground culture. |
0:49.3 | The films hyper-styled, neon-soaked aesthetic, and aggressively bizarre, completely electronic score, |
0:55.0 | has continued to influence fashion, music, and pop culture in general since initial release in |
1:00.0 | 1983. |
1:01.0 | Oh, and on top of all that, it's a science fiction picture. |
1:05.0 | And the male and female leads are played by the same person, queer icon Anne Carlyle, |
1:10.0 | who joins myself and James St. James |
1:12.1 | for this in-depth exploration of the themes, messages, and magic of Liquid Sky. |
1:17.6 | Before we begin, though, it's time for the trigger warning. |
1:20.6 | Liquid Sky does contain scenes of sexual assault, and in this episode we do discuss all aspects of the film. |
1:26.6 | As you can likely imagine, we do tread |
1:28.5 | lightly, but there is no avoiding this subject matter. Regarding how to see this film, |
1:33.6 | my recommendation is getting the Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray, which was lovingly restored and released a few |
1:38.2 | years ago. Now, if you can't get a Blu-ray right now, if you're not in the position to, or maybe don't even have a Blu-ray player, which, by the way, what are you doing? Get a Blu-ray player. |
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