First & Last 030
Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 9:00AM
NATHANIEL R in first and last, sci-fi fantasy

Can you guess the movie from its first and last shot?

Countless movies begin with an eyeball so that doesn't tell you much. But what a beautiful eyeball it is! If it helps for a hint we get a time code just before the eye (we usually don't include text on a black screen as a "first" image) that reads "1:06:28 AM 30 DEC 1999". If you haven't guessed the answer is after the jump when you scroll down...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's Strange Days (1995) which takes across a 47 hour period as Lenny (Ralph Fiennes, he of the beautiful eyes) and his best friend "Mace" (Angela Bassett in one of her fiercest movie roles) struggle to survive during a major crime involving"SQUIDS" illegal recorded memories that can be felt by the viewer in "playback", a sensation that Lenny is addicted to.

Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days, which also features a savage rock-star performance from Juliette Lewis doing PJ Harvey, is currently streaming on Max. If you haven't seen it, you really should. 

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