
SCREENING
eXistenZ
Friday, Jan 19, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Location la: Redstone Theater
Part of Welcome to the Machine and Science on Screen
Dir. David Cronenberg. 1999, 90 mins. 35mm. With Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe, Sarah Polley. A wild, twisted sci-fi adventure set in the near future, eXistenZ follows visionary game developer Allegra Geller (Leigh) whose virtual reality experience can be accessed through direct bodily contact with fleshy controllers. On the run from assassins, Geller and her coworker Ted (Law) move between physical and virtual worlds, in and out of “reality.” Cronenberg revisits his obsession with humans and technology with this disorienting film that J. Hoberman has called “one of the great underappreciated movies of the late 1990s.”
Tickets: $15 / $11 senior and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission. Review safety protocols before your visit.