This week on our Cyberpunk Summer series, we\u2019re joined by writer, journalist, and podcaster Emily St. James to discuss Strange Days, Kathryn Bigelow\u2019s 1995 action thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, and Juliette Lewis. Based on a story by Bigelow\u2019s ex-husband James Cameron, Strange Days was influenced by several sensational early-\u201990s news stories, including the trial of Lorena Bobbitt and the 1992 L.A. riots. Set in a black market trading in virtual reality recordings of people\u2019s past experiences and memories, Fiennes and Bassett play an ex-cop and a bodyguard who investigate a murder seen on one of these recordings.\n\nCW: This episode includes discussions of fictionalized sexual assault.