How ‘Liquid Sky’ Director Slava Tsukerman Created a Sci-Fi Cult Classic
Last May, at the Quad Cinema in Manhattan, film director Slava Tsukerman presented a special screening of his 1982 cult classic Liquid Sky, a post-punk sci-fi sex comedy. (“My films never belong to any genre,” Tsukerman explained to me in an interview last week.) The 35mm film being shown was his own print, which he described as “very close to falling apart,” and that evening would mark its last public viewing.
On April 13, the Quad will host another special screening: the premiere of the new 4K restoration of Liquid Sky. “I always wanted to digitize the film,” he told me, “because it’s the only way to save it for the future.”
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