Teknolust

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Teknolust

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Released Jan 25, 2002

1h 24m

Sci-Fi

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Anxious to use artificially intelligent robots to improve the world, Rosetta Stone (Tilda Swinton), a bio-geneticist, devises a recipe through which she can download her own DNA into a "live" brew she is growing in her computer. She succeeds in breeding three Self Replicating Automatons - S.R.A.s - that look human, but were bred as intelligent machines. All of the characters struggle to find meaning in a world where love is the only thing that makes things real.

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Jonathan Foreman

New York Post

Fails as entertainment, being so ineptly directed and written it often has the feel of a high school production by kids with more money and ambition than talent.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 20, 2004

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Dave Kehr

New York Times

A minor addition to the tiny genre of feminist science fiction films.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 19, 2004

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Laura Sinagra

Village Voice

It's a quiet tour de force for Tilda Swinton.

Feb 18, 2004

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Film Threat

Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

A silly mad scientist film dealing mostly with feminist issues.

Rated: B-

Sep 22, 2004

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

viewers have to endure new media artist Lynn Hershman Leeson's uncomfortable attempts at taking her cracking-stiff theories and translating them into dramatic narrative form

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 20, 2004

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What a weird movie. The computer and just general effects are like Tron only this was released in 2002. I'm confused. What a great cast-i'm sure they're in it with the idea that is either funny or important but it's not either. W e i r d.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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This film uses the phrase 'bio-gender warfare'. Tilda Swinton is on screen most of the time. It's really funny and at first you think it's not meant to be funny, but finally you realise that, it is. "Can a human get a computer virus?" "Yes", the scientist responds. This is sci-fi that isn't trying to convince you. It makes you nostalgic for an earlier internet that never really existed. TIlda Swinton is on screen most of the time. Are her wigs meant to be terrible? How did this film get made? I'm glad it did.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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2/10 wtf is this shit

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Uma mistura de mulher clone e ciborgue espalha um vírus pela população masculina da região, oferecendo sexo gratuito. O filme é ruim, mas tem alguns pontos altos como a pergunta: "como é que é possível patentear algo vivo?"

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Artistic and kinda charming B sci-fi

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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78% "The user freindly reprodutive system."-Sandy (Jeremy Davies) Ummm, wow. Swinton's characters need sperm tea or injections (not the hot beef kind) in order to survive. This one is all over the place. Liked the art direction though.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Synopsis

Anxious to use artificially intelligent robots to improve the world, Rosetta Stone (Tilda Swinton), a bio-geneticist, devises a recipe through which she can download her own DNA into a "live" brew she is growing in her computer. She succeeds in breeding three Self Replicating Automatons - S.R.A.s - that look human, but were bred as intelligent machines. All of the characters struggle to find meaning in a world where love is the only thing that makes things real.

Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Producer: Youssef Vahabzadeh, John Bradford King, Oscar Gubernati
Screenwriter: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Distributor: ThinkFilm
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 17, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $28.8K
Runtime: 1h 24m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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