Drama · Science Fiction
British
2015 · Directed by Alex Garland · 108 min
A young programmer wins a week at the remote, high-tech home of his company's reclusive founder. There he is asked to take part in an experiment involving a humanoid machine said to have true intelligence. A quiet, tense chamber piece in a near-future setting.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining twenty-first-century entry in the long tradition of artificial-being stories that runs from Frankenstein and Metropolis through 2001 and Blade Runner, recast for the age of search engines and big tech.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a chamber play made of conversations: attend to who speaks, who watches, and how the architecture frames every exchange.
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