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Cyberpunk Christmas: Johnny Mnemonic

Overrated Records Season 2 Episode 113

     The gang wraps up their Cyberpunk Christmas month and 2020 with a true classic. That's right! It's Jesus time! The boys talk about 1995's Johnny Mnemonic.

Episode 113: Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

Directed by: Robert Longo
Written by: William Gibson
Score by: Brad Fiedel
Budget: $26 million
Grossed: $19 million (Domestic) $52.4 million (Worldwide)

Cast: 

  • Keanu Reeves as Johnny Mnemonic
  • Dina Meyer as Jane
  • Ice-T as J-Bone
  • Takeshi Kitano as Takahashi
  • Denis Akiyama as Shinji
  • Dolph Lundgren as Karl Honig
  • Henry Rollins as Spider
  • Barbara Sukowa as Anna Kalmann
  • Udo Kier as Ralfi
  • Tracy Tweed as Pretty
  • Falconer Abraham as Yomamma
  • Don Francks as Hooky
  • Diego Chambers as Henson
  • Arthur Eng as Viet

Talking Points: 

  1. What are your overall thoughts of Johnny Mnemonic?
  2. What are the themes of the film?
  3. In the grand scheme of the cyberpunk genre, what is this film’s place? 
  4. Remember when and final thoughts on Johnny Mnemonic 

Extra Stuff: 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-robert-longo-ruefully-recalls-895471

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