History Film / LiquidSky

* AlienCatnip: It's suggested the aliens feed on human pleasure. It's not made clear if this is just because they get high off of it, or because it contributes to their survival.
* AmbiguousEnding: Does the spaceship finally decide to take Margaret with in some form, or is she simply [[spoiler: dead of an overdose while the spacecraft abandons her]]?

%%* DeathBySex: Well, death by aliens who eat the hormones produced by orgasms.

%%* {{Bishonen}}: Jimmy's appearance and aesthetic.

* AmbiguouslyBi: Jimmy makes a very big point of preferring men, and offers Margaret an encounter mainly for access to Adrian's heroin stash. At the end of the movie [[spoiler: Margaret kills Jimmy by giving him an orgasm]], but it's not clear how much is physical stimulation as opposed to genuine sexual attraction. (Anne Carlisle, the actor who plays both Margaret and Jimmy, has stated that she reads Jimmy as exclusively gay).

* {{Bishonen}}: Jimmy's appearance and aesthetic.

* DeathBySex: Well, death by aliens who eat the hormones produced by orgasms.
* DeathSeeker: Marianne.

* DestructiveRomance: Margaret has ''two'' of these, one with Adrian and the other with Jimmy.

* ElectronicMusic: The synth soundtrack.

* OnlySaneMan: The German scientist Johann, who can't get anyone to take him seriously.
* OutWithABang: Numerous characters, thanks to the aliens.

* PunkRock: The clothes worn by the models fit this aesthetic.

* SourOutsideSadInside: Implied with Adrian.

''Liquid Sky'' is an incredibly strange 1982 science fiction film. The plot revolves around Margaret (Anne Carlisle), a bisexual model and performing artist living in a neon-lit, New Wave apartment with her partner and fellow performance artist, Adrian (Paula E. Sheppard) - who is also hoarding and dealing a substantive amount of heroin. Besides Adrian, Margaret has a number of other sexual encounters with the often sleazy men and women she meets through the local alternative nightclub scene, including a tense on-and-off affair with the androgynous model Jimmy (also Anne Carlisle), an addict living high off of Adrian's supply.

** A reporter interviewing both Margaret and Jimmy is mentioned to be gay. One of his opposite-sex colleague notes with a satisfied grin that he's not gay ''all'' the time.

* CastFullOfGay: Margaret is bisexual and in a relationship with a woman; Adrian is either lesbian or bisexual; Jimmy states that he prefers men but hooks up largely with women. Jimmy is interviewed by a fashion reporter who is openly gay. While a few of the other characters are only shown in heterosexual relationships, it's implied that the club scene the majority of the protagonists are a part of is a more than friendly starting space for gay hookups and relationships.

* SlutShaming: Margaret's Drama teacher expresses disdain for her sexually provocative aesthetic choices, [[spoiler: but also sees them as an excuse to take advantage of her]].

* AmbiguouslyBi/AmbiguouslyGay: Jimmy makes a very big point of preferring men, and offers Margaret an encounter mainly for access to Adrian's heroin stash. At the end of the movie [[spoiler: Margaret kills Jimmy by giving him an orgasm]], but it's not clear how much is physical stimulation as opposed to genuine sexual attraction. (Anne Carlisle, the actor who plays both Margaret and Jimmy, has stated that she reads Jimmy as exclusively gay).

* BisexualLoveTriangle: The film builds up a lot of time teasing the idea that Margaret is in one with Adrian and Jimmy, though as Adrian seems surprisingly chill about the situation, it could also be an open relationship.

* CastFullOfGay: Margaret is bisexual and in a relationship with a woman; Adrian is either lesbian or bisexual; Jimmy states that he prefers men but hooks up largely with women. While a few of the other characters are only shown in heterosexual relationships, it's implied that the club scene the majority of the protagonists are a part of is a more than friendly starting space for gay hookups and relationships.

One of the signature features of ''Liquid Sky'' is its abrasive, dissonant experimental-electronic CultSoundtrack, which sporadically appears as a re-release (usually with a steep price of sale) from various alternative record labels.

''Liquid Sky'' is an incredibly strange 1982 science fiction film. The plot revolves around Margaret (Anne Carlisle), a bisexual model and performing artist living in a neon-lit, New Wave apartment with her partner and fellow performance artist, Adrian (Paula E. Sheppard) - who is also hoarding and dealing a substantive amount of heroin. Besides Adrian, Margaret has a number of other sexual encounters with men and women she meets through the local alternative nightclub scene, including a tense on-and-off affair with the androgynous model Jimmy (also Anne Carlisle), an addict living high off of Adrian's supply.