Movies Of The '80s: The Terminator Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

Join Film at Lincoln Center for Make My Day: Movies in the Age of Reagan... THE TERMINATOR Please note that the introduction by J. Hoberman has been cancelled. Released in the weeks immediately preceding Ronald Reagan’s reelection in the fall of 1984, The Terminator, writes Hoberman, imagines a “nocturnal downtown Los Angeles, a veritable free-fire zone that, with its near-constant car chases and massive construction sites, might have been designed by the machine-based performance artists of the Survival Research Laboratories.” In his starring role as the “hyper-macho humanoid machine” who travels back in time from a robot-ruled future to prevent the birth of the man who would go on to lead the human resistance, Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers “an entertainment mechanism that allowed audiences to identify with, even while fearing, its killer robot, a creature that might be humanity’s future self.” This screening is part of Make My Day: Movies in the Age of Reagan, a series of special double features selected by author J. Hoberman that explore the Reagan years as seen through the unforgettable movies of the the decade. Learn more and view the complete lineup here. More Info below.