MILLENNIUM

MILLENNIUM. Michael Anderson, dir. USA: Gladden Entertainment (prod.) / 20th Century Fox (release), 1989. Screenplay by John Varley, "based on his short story 'Air Raid,'" according to the credits, but closer to his novel, Millennium.

Mostly eliminates the Big Computer as God of the far-future world, but retains Sherman (the wise and wise-ass robot) and the mechanical/humanoid ruling council. See for postmodern, highly funky mise en scène in the world of the time-travel Gate. Rev. Cinefantastique 20.4 (March 1990): 40 f.