Johnny Mnemonic: Art Stars and Moviemaking
The nineties saw the culmination of a few things; the art star as multimedia phenom, punk and electronics. It was during this decade in which art stars who made millions during the eighties earned the chance to direct a few major motion pictures. Most successful was Julian Schnabel’s Basquiat. But Robert Longo had a go of it as well.
Additionally, punk as run through Seattle, finally impacted the airwaves at about the same time everyone wound up at least having access to a computer of some variety – in the library, at school or otherwise.
