challenge #9 Rec your heart out - "Dark City"
Ahh, Dark City. It’s one of those films that is ridiculously hard to talk about without spoiling it to hell and back, which is probably one of the reasons why it didn’t do too well when it was first released in 1998. Since then it has developed a bit of a cult-following, and it turned out to be one of the more influential and memorable science fiction films of the late 90’s. Several more well known films such as The Matrix and later Inception were probably influenced by this ridiculously underrated film.
It’s sci-fi Noir! Which in and of itself is fantastic. Have the (incredibly vague) summary from the back of the Directors Cut:
“When John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes with no memory at the scene of a grisly murder, he soon finds himself hunted by the police, a woman claiming to be his wife and a mysterious group of pale men who seem to control everything - and everyone - in the city.”
Beyond this point? All spoilers all the time.
Graphics and Gifs made by me, unless stated otherwise.
Frist of all, have a trailer:
Click to viewAnd some music insprired by, and featuring audio from the film:
Feel my fingers in your wound while my eyes ascend the gloom.
Questions wasting all my time - I see your eyes detesting mine.
Sick of a life you never had, in dead motion, you look so sad.
I could care less if I'd like - I let you go into the night.
Is my ignorance my fate, or is my love distorted hate?
Is deliverance my mate or am I sleeping while awake?
Is this place that we call home adorned by devastating foam?
Am I mortal, am I god - Am I brighter than you thought?
and I hear, rumours about angels.
and I hear, rumours about angels.
Lets briefly Introduce the Cast:
Rufus Sewell as John Murdoch
Kiefer Sutherland as Dr. Daniel P, Schreber
William Hurt as Inspector Frank Bumstead
Richard O’Brien as Mr Hand
Jennifer Connelly as Emma Murdoch
Ensemble
A Handful of Fic Recs
The Unintentional Alchemy of Amnesia by Aris Merquoni
Words: 1983
Pairing: John Murdoch/Dr. Daniel Schreber
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Daniel at least remembers what he's forgotten; John doesn't even know there's something to forget.
A Constant and Necessary Fiction by Ponderosa
Words: 1103
Pairing: John Murdoch/Dr. Daniel Schreber
Rating: Mature
Summary: The soul is nebulous, the wrench in the works, and where matter bends to his will, so eventually might his very perception of the seemingly inevitable flow of past to future.
The Why And Wherefore by stuffwelike
Words: 5124
Pairing: John Murdoch/Dr. Daniel Schreber
Rating: G
Summary: John Murdoch, living in a new world of his own creation, discovers that things which should not be changed lead to new beginnings.
Nothing but time and a face that you knew by little_giddy
Words: 2038
Pairing: John Murdoch/Dr. Daniel Schreber
Rating: PG
Summary: Oh, to lie in a bath of lackluster shapes and wonder at rising.
Strangers Still by Llwyden ferch Gyfrinach
Words: 1280
Pairing: John Murdoch/Dr. Daniel Schreber, John Murdoch/Anna
Rating: PG
Summary: John knows every detail of the city. Schreber knows the history (histories) of every person in it. How do they live on a day-to-day basis?
Leave the Thought of Us Behind and Nothing Left to Lose by Llwyden ferch Gyfrinach
Notes: Crossover/Fusion with Flatliners.
Words: 6668 & 3199
Pairing: David Labraccio/Nelson Wright & Gen
Rating: Explicit & Mature
Summary: After the events of the movie, Nelson and Dave have a few more revelations. Nelson doesn't have much left.
Control by kurushi
Words: 14,440
Characters: Dr. Daniel Schreber, The Strangers, OCs
Rating: M
Summary: Every experiment needs a control group. But The City is a very complex experiment, and it needs complex controls to succeed.
Choice by speak-me-fair
Words: 418
Pairing: John Murdoch/Dr. Daniel Schreber (Implied)
Rating: PG
Summary: You didn't think all Daniel would do was watch the bus leave, did you?
Unpredictable by zoi-prose
Words: 508
Characters: John Murdoch, Dr. Daniel Schreber
Rating: G
Dreams of Darkness and Light by zoi-prose
Words: 22770
Pairing: John Murdoch/Dr. Daniel Schreber, John Murdoch/Anna!Emma
Rating: NC 17
Summary: With the Strangers gone, John and Anna become plagued by strange dreams - a reoccurring cast in strange situations, and the feeling that these dreams are more significant than they seem. Is the human mind strong enough to fight off the years of chemical injections to help John Murdoch remember who he truly is... and who he truly loves?
A bit of fanart
by Berkay Daglar
by kevin wada
And a fan-vid
11 Fics
49 Gifs
2 Fanarts
2 Videos
1 Song
Total: 65 Recs = 130 points
