Did you know that Robert Longo directed Johnny Mnemonic?
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Yes, because I had read the interview with him and William Gibson in Wired; I learned that Robert Longo had a device that lets him instantly print stills from his TV, and that he mainly prints stills of animals fucking
- Channing — 10/10/07 @ 5:34 pm
There was a period where all the 80s art stars “hadda make a movie”–Cindy Sherman did Office Killer, Longo did this one, Salle did one I forgot. Only Julian Schnabel emerged with a second career from the process. I remember from back in the day that Longo did a series of abstract paintings called “the Johnny Paintings” or something like that–they maybe were used in the end credits but were certainly marketed. I don’t like Longo’s studio work but kind of liked JM. Seeing it recently it’s interesting how much the Matrix owes it.
- tom moody — 10/11/07 @ 6:50 am
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