It found a voice... now it needs a body.
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
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Grave, earnest, contemporary and open-ended.
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- contemporarynostalgic
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- sparerichly built
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Feb 20247/10
It's a society where humanity has been largely subsumed into a digital world; where cyborgs are a norm and where people are now, essentially, dependant on their own technology for just about all aspects of their survival. In this virtual environment, the "Puppet Master" is the kingpin of the criminal world. It knows that by accessing the minds of those connected to the internet, it can obtain lots of juicy information to facilitate a spree of lucrative and threatening crime. Our very thoughts and dreams are now susceptible - and so the government creates "Section 9". Their job is to reverse-engineer some of these hacks and to try and trace the mastermind before it becomes unstoppable. What now ensues is not the finest example of animation you will ever see - indeed some of the artistry is disappointingly basic and linear. What makes this work is a sold story that questions the very soul of what it is to be an human being. It probes what makes us, well, us... Our identity, our personality - all are vulnerable to manipulation here by something adept at capitalising on the flaws and failings of each of us. Once these flood gates are open, is it even possible to arrest it as global int
Read the whole review on TMDB - badelfon TMDB · Mar 20239/10
In the 1990s, Ray Kurzweil wrote about his "Singularity" theory - the future when man and computer are wholly merged. His predictions of AI are perhaps only now coming to fruit. This 1995 movie is the original Ghost In The Shell, which I finally watched. Mamoru Oshii's masterpiece, based on a manga by Shirow Masamune, is not only consistent with Singularity theory, but also remarkably prescient. This is the first film to broach the tough question of "what does it mean to be conscious?" in the context of AI (Artificial Intelligence).
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Cast
- Atsuko TanakaMotoko Kusanagi (voice)
- Akio OtsukaBatou (voice)
- Iemasa KayumiPuppetmaster (voice)
- Koichi YamaderaTogusa (voice)
- Yutaka NakanoIshikawa (voice)
- Tamio OhkiAramaki (voice)
- Tessyo GendaDirector Nakamura (voice)
- Masakazu NamakiDr. Willis (voice)
- Masato YamanouchiMinister of Foreign Affairs (voice)
- Shinji OgawaGaikôkan (voice)
Crew
- Mamoru OshiiDirector
- Kazunori ItoScreenplay
- Hisao ShiraiDirector of Photography
- Kenji KawaiOriginal Music Composer
- Shuichi KakesuEditor
- Mitsuhisa IshikawaProducer
- Ken IyadomiProducer
- Ken MatsumotoProducer
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Similar in taste
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Ghost in the Shell 2.0 200877% alikeBoth grave, contemporary.
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 200475% alikeBoth grave, contemporary, earnest.
Zardoz 197470% alikeBoth grave, contemporary.
Lone Star 199668% alikeBoth grave, earnest.
Nightbreed 199066% alikeBoth grave, earnest.
Blade Runner 198264% alikeBoth grave.
THX 1138 197164% alikeBoth grave, earnest, contemporary.
Minority Report 200264% alikeBoth grave, contemporary.
The Talos Principle II 202374% alikeGame · Both grave, contemporary, earnest.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes 198872% alikeTelevision · Both grave, earnest.
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