JOHNNY MNEMONIC (film)

JOHNNY MNEMONIC. Robert Largo, dir. USA: Alliance (prod.) / TriStar (release), 1995. William Gibson, script, based on the work of William Gibson (see under Fiction).

A compendium of William Gibson cyberpunk motifs, including imaging of cyberspace, VR, the superimposition of the cybernetic upon the cetacean with the dolphin from "Johnny Mnemonic," the precursor of 3Jane from Neuromancer and the bridge from Virtual Light (q.v. under Fiction). Pre-release coverage in Anthony P. Montesano, "Johnny Mnemonic," Cinefantastique 26.2 (Feb. 1995): 14-15.

According to Jason W. Ellis in his review in SFRA Review #314 (Winter 2015 [sic]): pp. 26-27,[1] discussed in Sharon Packer's Neuroscience in Science Fiction Films (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2015).

RDE, augmented, 10Aug21