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Teknolust

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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 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 02/20/2004
1.5/4
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. Go to Full Review Dave Kehr New York Times 02/19/2004
2/5
A minor addition to the tiny genre of feminist science fiction films. Go to Full Review Laura Sinagra Village Voice 02/18/2004
It's a quiet tour de force for Tilda Swinton. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
1.5/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 09/22/2004
B-
A silly mad scientist film dealing mostly with feminist issues. Go to Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 02/20/2004
1.5/5
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 Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Patricia K @RT94838306 09/19/2022 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. See more 11/17/2016 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. See more 07/23/2014 2/10 wtf is this shit See more 11/30/2012 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?" See more 04/08/2012 Artistic and kinda charming B sci-fi See more 02/06/2012 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. See more Read all reviews
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Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Director

Tilda Swinton

Rosetta

Jeremy Davies

Sandy

James Urbaniak

Agent Hopper

Karen Black

Dirty Dick

Al Nazemian

Dr. Bea

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Teknolust

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Movie Info

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 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)