Femmes Fatales | Aug 15 2023 |
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First she'll take Manhattan, then she'll take the world.
This killer image shows U.S. actress Adrienne Barbeau when she was filming the 1981 dystopian sci-fi movie Escape from New York, which is about the island of Manhattan being walled off and turned into a maximum security prison. It's another fertile concept from the mind of filmmaker John Carpenter, who cast Barbeau—his then-wife—in a pivotal role. We think of the movie is hailing from a classic era of high concept science fiction and feel that it's very much worth a viewing.