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Alex Garland and EX MACHINA

April 16, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Alex Garland and EX MACHINA

One of Alex Garland’s goals in writing the script for his directorial debut, EX MACHINA, was to get the science right, even for subjects such as consciousness and artificial intelligence, which are so poorly understood. He vetted the script with experts, refusing to shoehorn the science to make his story work. He’s still smarting from… Read More »

Tagged With: Adam Rutherford, AI, Alex Garland, Alicia Vikander, Artificial Intelligence, consciousness, Danny Boyle, Domnhall Gleeson, EX MACHINA, gender, gender issues, Gia Milinovich, Imperial College, John Hodges, Murray Shanahan, Oscar Isaac, post-it notes, Screenwriting, SUNSHINE, The Beach, Turing Test

Perry Blackshear, MacLeod Andrews & Evan Dumouchel Insist that THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE

February 18, 2015 By 1 Comment

Perry Blackshear, MacLeod Andrews & Evan Dumouchel Insist that THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE

  THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE is a first-rate existential horror film, as well as a psychological thriller. I got the same vibe watching it that I had gotten watching PI and BRICK, the maiden efforts of Darren Aronofsky and Rian Johnson respectively. Writer/director Perry Blackshear understands more than just how to create evocative, even sumptuous, visuals, he knows… Read More »

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