Immortality’s Letterboxd Inspirations List Is An Exciting, Extensive List Of Recommendations
Immortality took obvious inspiration from the world of film, borrowing from the aesthetics and thematic concerns of movies from various periods of the 20th century. Now, on Letterboxd, there’s a comprehensive list of exactly which movies the game took inspiration from so you can watch them for yourself.
If you’re not familiar, Letterboxd is a social media app where movie fans can catalogue and rate the films they watch, write and read reviews, keep track of films they would like to watch, and make lists and rankings of films for whatever criteria they choose. For example, I have lists on my profile called Best of 2022 and Paul Thomas Anderson Ranked and A Non-Ranked List Of Movies Named After Liquids I Would Most Like To Sneak Past The TSA which obviously includes Hal Ashby's 1975 gem Shampoo (I'm an in an airport right now, so here's a little airport humor for ya).
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Half Mermaid, the studio behind Immortality, also has a Letterboxd, and has used it to catalogue the movies that most inspired Immortality. To me, as a critic who reviewed the game, the list is a little validating. When I played through Minsky, and saw cop Carl Greenwood go undercover at a gay bar, I thought, “That seems like a nod to Cruising.” Then I wondered if William Friedkin’s 1980 film, which was met with controversy and box office underperformance at the time of its release, might be a little too obscure to be influencing a game in 2022.
Turns out I was right the first time. Per Half Mermaid’s Letterboxd list —“Movies that have inspired our game IMMORTALITY" — the thriller about Al Pacino going undercover in the gay scene of 1970s New York City was, in fact, an influence. Under
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