Robert Longo Presents Johnny Mnemonic in B&W

Director: Robert Longo

1995 / 103min / DCP

One of the preeminent gallery art stars of the 1980s, Longo made his feature debut with this hard-boiled adaptation of a William Gibson short story starring Reeves in the title role, a data courier in a dystopian, computer-saturated 2021 who carries his precious cargo implanted in his skull, and who finds himself racing against a 48-hour deadline to find the passwords that unlock the payload before it fatally self-destructs, all while tailed by a corporate-backed yakuza (Takeshi Kitano) and his go-to assassin (Denis Akiyama). Greenlit with a sizable budget after the surprise success of Speed, Longo’s cyberpunk thriller was—in spite of the front-office interference it endured through every step of its production—one of the most unconventional and imaginative studio releases of 1995, and will play Metrograph in the director’s preferred black-and-white edit.

Please note, we will be screening the Black-and-White version

Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment

Introduction by director Robert Longo on Friday, December 19th