Liquid Sky

Liquid Sky (1982)

Strange aliens having bizarre orgasms!

An alien creature invades New York's punk subculture in its search for an opiate released by the brain during an orgasm.

Date of release
1982-08-01
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (148)
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama
Director
Slava Tsukerman

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $1.7M
  • Budget: $500K
  • Earned 3.4× its budget
  • Filmed in: New York City

Liquid Sky is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard. It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well received at several film festivals thereafter. It was produced with a budget of $500,000. It became the most successful independent film of 1983, grossing $1.7 million worldwide.

Production

Liquid Sky was an adaptation and formation from a previous script titled "Sweet Sixteen" from director Slava Tsukerman. After not being able to fund the script, Tsukerman knew he needed to write a new script that would be producible. His wife, Nina V. Kerova, had been writing scripts based on a woman who could not orgasm. He had an idea for a movie about aliens from outer space.

Liquid Sky was produced and directed by Slava Tsukerman, who, prior to making Liquid Sky, had had a successful career as a documentary and TV film director in the USSR and Israel. The screenplay was written by Tsukerman, his wife and ubiquitous co-producer Nina V. Kerova, and Anne Carlisle, who also enacted the film's two leading roles. The director of photography, Yuri Neyman, a Russian émigré, was also the film's special effects expert.

Although the film is loosely centered around early 1980s punk subculture, the film's score uses a series of strident synthesizer music pieces. The music was composed by Slava Tsukerman, Clive Smith and Brenda Hutchinson using the Fairlight CMI.

Liquid Sky was shot without any major actors, large funding, or even permits. It was shot in several downtown New York City locations.

Yuri Neyman, A.S.C., is both the cinematographer and special effects director for Liquid Sky. Director Slava Tsukerman, cinematographer Yuri Neyman, and Production Designer Marina Levikova worked closely together to create the distinct, unique cinematic look and vivid feel of Liquid Sky. The overall look and feel of the film was inspired by German Expressionism and Bertolt Brecht. At the time, "punk" was not well known.

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