Every day, AlloCiné recommends watching a movie (again) on TV. Tonight: Schwarzenegger in Paul Verhoeven’s cult sci-fi film.
Beginning in the 1970s, screenwriters Ronald Shusett and Dan O’Bannon began writing Philip K. Adaptation of Dick’s story. Souvenirs for sale (“We can remember it for you wholesaleBut they realize that this is a very ambitious, expensive project and difficult to achieve with the special effects of the time.
After temporarily passing into the hands of David Cronenberg, the script was eventually taken over by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Gaining significant creative control over the project, the latter hand-picked Paul Verhoeven to bring it to the screen after being impressed by his RoboCop.
If it took a few small aesthetic wrinkles, the total recall did not lose its power, which runs through this story of the search for memory, where the typical violence of the Dutch director meets the paranoia that fills the work of the American writer. The film is amazingly inventive, especially visually, in terms of sequences and different creatures.
In addition to the brilliant performance of Arnold Schwarzenegger, we also remember the camp villain played by the charismatic Michael Ironside, as well as the venomous Sharon Stone. It was crowned, among others, the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, Total recallA commercial and critical success in its time, it currently holds a solid 3.9 out of 5 audience rating on AlloCiné.
Total recall By Paul Verhoeven with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone…
Tonight on L’ÉQUIPE at 9.05pm.
Source: allocine
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