Why Dark City resonates with me.

Dark City. 1h 40min available on Amazon.
1998 rated R. Directed by Alex Proyas.

Starring: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland

To get you up to speed, Dark City was a Kafka-esque movie about a man, John Murdoch, who awakens alone in a strange hotel and is wanted for murder.

It is always night. Each time everyone slips into sleep the city gets re-arranged and the buildings move and are re-mapped. John Murdoch needs to re-connect with what will let him escape this repeating dark night city world: Shell Beach. A place with sunshine and ocean views.

You see, it was an express train, doesn't make the stop there. The tantalizing destination blows right by him. Moments later a conductor on the platform tells him that was 'an express' train only.

How does it connect with me?

I'm almost 60. Every night for the last 40 years or so I go into this 'fictitious city' where I have to do something, like drive a car somewhere, or get something in a shop. The city's always familiar to me, but never is something I can tie in with an actual place I've been in.

I've been there so many times, usually doing some kind of errand like delivering a car or passenger. Or renovating a house somewhere in the 'city'. I spent maybe 10 minutes on this sketch, but I bet I could render an evenly more detailed map of the place.

Dark City -without the horror aspects or weird Keifert Sutherland lisping- is what seems to go on in my head almost every night.

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