Liquid Sky (1982)

Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. They land on top of a New York apartment inhabited by a drug dealer and her female, androgynous, bisexual ... See full summary »

Director:

Slava Tsukerman

Writers:

Slava Tsukerman (screenplay), Anne Carlisle (screenplay),

Stars:

Anne Carlisle, Paula E. Sheppard, Susan Doukas

7 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anne Carlisle	...	Margaret and Jimmy
Paula E. Sheppard	...	Adrian
Susan Doukas	...	Sylvia
Otto von Wernherr	...	Johann
Bob Brady	...	Owen
Elaine C. Grove	...	Katherine
Stanley Knapp	...	Paul (as Stanley Knap)
Jack Adalist	...	Vincent
Lloyd Ziff	...	Lester
Harry Lum	...	Deliveryman
Roy MacArthur	...	Jack
Sara Carlisle	...	Nellie
Nina V. Kerova	...	Designer
Alan Preston	...	Photographer
Christine Hatfull	...	Hair Stylist

Storyline

Invisible aliens in a tiny flying saucer come to Earth looking for heroin. They land on top of a New York apartment inhabited by a drug dealer and her female, androgynous, bisexual nymphomaniac lover, a fashion model. The aliens soon find the human pheromones created in the brain during orgasm preferable to heroin, and the model's casual sex partners begin to disappear. This increasingly bizarre scenario is observed by a lonely woman in the building across the street, a German scientist who is following the aliens, and an equally androgynous, drug-addicted male model. (Both models are played by Anne Carlisle, in a dual role.) Darkly funny and thoroughly weird.

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Plot Keywords:

heroin | alien | sex | drugs | orgasm | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 April 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cielo líquido

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Z Films Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A rarity; filmed in America by a completely Russian Production team.

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Quotes

Owen: All your costumes are just participation in some kind of phoney theater. I'm only telling you this for your own good. It's a freak show.
Margaret: Oh, are you trying to say that your blue jeans weren't theater?
Owen: It's not the same thing.
Margaret: So your professor wore a three-piece suit and blamed you for your jeans. And your jeans were "too much." And he didn't understand that his suit was also a costume. You thought your jeans stood for love, freedom and sexual equality; we at least know that we're in costume.

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Connections

Referenced in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Excerpts from Epitalamo of 'Trionfo di Afrodite'"
By Carl Orff

User Reviews

an overlooked low-budget gem

i first saw liquid sky when it came out and was so intrigued i went back to see it four more times. hadn't seen anything before like it, and haven't seen anything like it since. given that it's obviously a no-budget production by non-actors they do an incredible job. c'mon, anybody who doesn't laugh at the interaction between the scientist and sylvia just has no sense of humor. and there are other priceless moments... ordering shrimp, the look on everyone's faces when jimmy vanishes, "i can't have all these bodies", and best of all: "delicious, delicious." there's more creativity in liquid sky than in a whole summer's worth of Hollywood blockbusters. a lot of it is ugly, some is dated 1980s scene stuff, but it's undeniable and there's not a false note by a single performer. anne carlisle's performance(s) is utterly convincing and it's a shame it's been overlooked.