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Teknolust

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Teknolust (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 32

Fresh: 9

Rotten:23

Average Rating: 4.3/10

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for some sexual content

Runtime: 82 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Theatrical Release: Feb 20, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: This futuristic comedy from director Lynn Hershman Leeson puts a funny spin on recent advancements in science and technology, namely cloning. When Rosetta Stone (Tilda Swinton), a scientist conducting biology research, has a major... This futuristic comedy from director Lynn Hershman Leeson puts a funny spin on recent advancements in science and technology, namely cloning. When Rosetta Stone (Tilda Swinton), a scientist conducting biology research, has a major breakthrough and writes a paper about it, her colleagues suspect that she has already tried out her theories in real-life experiments. Unbeknownst to them, Rosetta has created a formula in her computer that combines DNA and software to make the perfect being: part-robot, part-human. She has produced three female test subjects: Ruby, Olive, and Marine (all played by Swinton) who live in the refurbished and fully computer-and-video-equipped basement of her apartment. Her clones keep her company, entertain her, and listen to her problems. Their only flaw is that they need a chemical found in sperm to survive, so Ruby is programmed to seduce human men and share the sperm with the other two. Trouble starts when Ruby transmits a computer virus to the men she seduces, crashing their "hard drives." The problem is exacerbated when Ruby falls in love with her neighbor, Sandy (Jeremy Davies). When a private detective, Dirty Dick (Karen Black), is hired by one of Rosetta's coworkers to learn the truth about her research, it becomes almost impossible to keep the clones a secret, especially as they develop their own personalities, self-will, and curiosity about the world. [More]

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, Josh Kornbluth, Thomas Jay Ryan

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, Josh Kornbluth, Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Karen Black

Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson

Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Screenwriter: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Producer: Lynn Hershman Leeson, Youssef Vahabzadeh, John Bradford King, Oscar Gubernati
Composer: Klaus Badelt
Studio: ThinkFilm

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Dec 16, 2003

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
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  • Widescreen - Anamorphic

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  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Lynn Hershman Leeson - Director

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11/19/04
Daniel Mudie Cunningham
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A silly mad scientist film dealing mostly with feminist issues.

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09/22/04
Dennis Schwartz
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N/R

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03/16/04
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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.

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02/20/04
Jonathan Foreman
New York Post
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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

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02/20/04
Christopher Null
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Leeson's sensibility is a thoroughly irritating mix of intellectual hauteur and juvenile smuttiness.

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02/19/04
Maitland McDonagh
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A muddled mess of cybernetics and new-age philosophy that goes nowhere slow, despite its abbreviated 80-minute running time

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02/19/04
Edward Havens
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A minor addition to the tiny genre of feminist science fiction films.

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02/19/04
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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Can a movie be fascinating and boring at the same time?

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02/19/04
Scott Weinberg
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It's a quiet tour de force for Tilda Swinton.

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02/18/04
Laura Sinagra
Village Voice
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'Teknolust' embarrassingly resembles insulting, insistent television commercials. Unfortunately, they may be the future.

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02/14/04
Donald J. Levit
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Wallows in dubious plot constructions, shoddy design, immature camera work, and a fatiguing lack of thrill.

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02/06/04
Gabriel Shanks
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I can't imagine anyone not being disappointed by this movie, which dares to be different yet fails miserably doing so.

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02/02/04
Paul Sherman
Boston Herald
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Clumsy, no question, but perhaps understandably burdened by its sprawling ambition.

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12/24/03
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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The picture proves tiring, its pretty, color-coordinated images are like flipping through a funky fashion magazine.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
11/28/03
Kim Morgan
Oregonian
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Stumbles from one catatonic scene to the next, mixing aggressively 'clever' ideas with strident dialogue.

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11/14/03
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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The plot is vapor, but tech whimsy, movie lifts and funny multiples of Swinton sustain a San Franciscan charm.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
10/31/03
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune
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Yes, it's odd that a movie so focused on sex and computers could be a complete letdown, but this bizarre trip is just that.

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10/23/03
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Witty, surprisingly tender.

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10/22/03
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly
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