Cyberpunk Cinema

Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.

In this week’s episode, I will be doing something very special – I am filming my next short film over the next two weekends, so I decided to do a little two part breakdown on what it takes to create a film - from script to screen, from auditions to rehearsals, from principal photography to picture lock. If you want to know my specific process on how to make a movie, you’re in luck, because I’m knee deep into my short film right now, and I really want to catalog the entire behind-the-scenes action as I take you on a journey to making a short film. Let’s make a movie! 

So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.

In this week’s episode, I will be doing something radically different, as I will deep dive into my favorite franchise of all-fucking-time – MAD MAX! I was all prepared to do a landmark cyberpunk film, and then I saw FURIOSA in IMAX this weekend and it derailed everything – in a good way. I couldn’t stop thinking about MAD MAX – from the 1979 original to the 2024 triumphant FURIOSA, and I went on a binge of watching all of the movies again!

So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.

In this week’s episode, I will be speaking to a very SPECIAL GUEST – Iain Softley, the director of Hackers! Iain was gracious enough to come on the show and discuss his 1995 cult-classic cyberpunk film. We get DEEP into the behind the scenes elements of making Hackers – from director's choices, to costumes, sound design, etc. It’s a fun ride into what it takes to make a film. We also delve into Iain’s initial spark to become a filmmaker with a perfect storm of influences during his formative years – from 60/70s rock/roll, to French New Wave, to New Hollywood 

So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.

In this week’s episode, I will be breaking-down the 1992 cyberpunk action film, Nemesis  – written and directed by Albert Pyun, starring Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brion James, and Vincent Klyn.

Alex, a burned out L.A. cyborg cop, is forced by commissioner Farnsworth to find his former cyborg partner and lover Jared who’s about to deliver sensitive data to cyborg terrorists who wish to wage war against humans. Is he being played?

This film might be the most insane B-movie cyberpunk action film ever made. There are more bullets fired in this film than in any film I’ve seen. Albert Pyun, who we already went over with on Cyborg, returns to his favorite sub-genre and delivers some amazing thrills and action set-pieces. You just have to see it to believe it! Trust me, there are parts in this movie that you can’t unwatch! It’s a stunt spectacular!

So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.

In this week’s episode, I will be breaking-down the 1989 cyberpunk action film, Cyborg  – written and directed by Albert Pyun, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dayle Haddon, and Vincent Klyn.

A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.

This is the ultimate guilty-pleasure movie of my childhood that I watched a million times on VHS. JCVD fighting guys in a post-apocalyptic future with cyberpunk vibes  and his modified paint-ball gun was the greatest thing these eyes had ever seen in 1989. I watched it so much that I memorized every cut, every poorly delivered line of dialogue, every fight, and every slow motion kill. There is a big difference between A and B-grade cyberpunk films, and Cyborg is at the top of the B-movie catalog. It’s so freakin good. 

So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.

In this week’s episode, I had a conversation with Michael Molcher, author of I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future. He is also the Brand Manager of 2000 A.D. This is a MEGA double-sized episode. Michael and I go deep, we go granular into Dredd lore, books, science fiction, cyberpunk, movies, 18th Century English history, you name it, we talked about in this epic podcast session. This is a landmark episode and I couldn’t thank Michael more for his amazing takes on All Things Dredd! Go out and purchase the book. I’ve read it. I’ve underlined the heck out of it. I’ve put it on my shelf next to my books on freakin’ philosophy, it’s that damn good. 

So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.

In this week’s episode, I will be breaking-down the 1995 cyberpunk classic anime film, Ghost in the Shell  – directed by Mizuho Nishikubo & Mamoru Oshii, written by Kazunori Ito, based on the manga by Shirow Masamune.

A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

This is the first anime movie I ever saw as a teenager and it blew my mind. Unlike Akira, which has some thematic elements of cyberpunk, Ghost in the Shell bleeds the cyber and the punk in every goddamn frame. It is a glorious representation of the sub-genre and it belongs among the very top of the cyberpunk catalog. 

So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!

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Hello there, cyberpunkers and brain-butchers! Your boy is currently on a family vacation in Disney/Orlando with the kiddos, so I'm bringing you a little bonus episode to say thank you to the fans/listeners, to give you an update on the Q1 stats, and to also open up the original Cyberpunk 2020 tabletop RPG book and talk briefly about how players and gamemasters of role-playing games turn out to be great filmmakers and filmworkers! 

What were your favorite RPGs when you were growing up? It can be anything. Tabletop. Video Game. There are no rules! Let me know!

A new EPISODE will be dropping on 04/24, and my next SPECIAL GUEST episode will drop on 05/01! 

More CPUNK is coming your way as I dive deeper into Japanese Cyberpunk, 90s trash-punk, 80s glam-punk, and post-punk! 

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.

In this week’s episode, I will be breaking-down the 1988 cyberpunk classic anime film, Akira  – written and directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, based on the legendary manga by Otomo.

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

This is the movie that started it all and introduced anime to mainstream Western audiences...and joining me today is my first guest on the podcast, none other than Mike Pecci. He is a filmmaker/podcaster out of LA and I've been listening to his excellent pod IN LOVE WITH THE PROCESS since 2020, plus he just released another pod on his network called RIGHT PLACE RIGHT TIME. I'm thrilled to have Mike on-board this episode as we not only break down AKIRA, but we also get deep into all things cyberpunk, as well as rants/tangents about - Saturday morning cartoons, comic books, Godzilla, AI, Algorithm, Midjourney, Shogun, and studio gatekeepers! Yep, so buckle up because it's going to be a fun ride! 

So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Cinema – the Definitive Dive into the Dark Future of Science Fiction. I am your host, Anthony La Pira, and I will be taking you on a cinematic journey through the sprawling cityscapes, the crippling datastorms, and the cybernetic implants that encompass all things Cyberpunk.

In this week’s episode, I will be breaking-down the 1993 cyberpunk action/comedy film, Demolition Man  – directed by Marco Brambilla, written by Peter Lenkov, Robert Reneau, and Daniel Waters; and starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock and Denis Leary. 

 A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.

This movie is so much goddamn fun as it pairs two of the biggest stars of the era, Stallone and Snipes, as they battle each other across time. This the most 90-iest bombastic cyberpunk film of that period that is pure 100-percent running on adrenaline and creatine! You could hear the neck-veins pop out of Stallone chiseled body, and Snipes just unleashes his inner cartoon villain. And did I mention it’s also really fucking funny? 

So, do me a favor – it’s time to access your cranial jacks, boot up your Ono-Sendai Cyberspace 7, and slap on your damn mirror-shades. You know what time it is! Cyberpunk Cinema starts…now!

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