Inspired by Philip K. Dick’s short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale, director Paul Verhoeven sent post-Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger and pre-Basic Instinct Sharon Stone to Mars in 1990 for a violence-laden, terraforming thriller that was one of the last sci-fi films to be relatively untouched by CGI. That garnered the identity-crisis trip a special Oscar for fx, and makes it a beloved classic for those who still yearn for retro rubber-bulging-eyes masks that actually now, do look kind of silly. Check out this dusty red relic on the big screen as part of the Regency’s weekly Classic Film Night.
Wed., Jan. 20, 7:30 p.m., 2010
