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SQUID Dreams in the Age of the Feed

Katheryn Bigelow’s Strange Days thirty years later—stands the test of time

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Brett Alexander
Aug 03, 2025
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Original Theatrical Poster, 1995, courtesy Lightstorm Entertainment/20th Centrury Fox/Universal Studios

The first time I saw Strange Days, available with Hulu, I didn’t think of the future—I thought of now.

Back then “now” was 1995, and Kathryn Bigelow’s cinematic fever dream of voyeuristic virtual reality felt like science fiction with a hangover. Lenny…

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