Teknolust
Sloan Foundation Film
Release Date
2010
Film Synopsis
A bio-geneticist has created a type of Self Replicating Automaton, which looks like a human being, but is in fact part machine and part living organism.
Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, bio-geneticist Rosetta Stone (Tilda Swinton) downloads her own DNA into her computer and succeeds in breeding three Self Replicating Automatons that are part human, part intelligent machines. The SRAs act as 'portals' on the Internet, helping users to fulfill their dreams. Because they were bred only with Rosetta's DNA, they need the balance of a Y chromosome, or male sperm, to survive. This futuristic comedy puts a hilarious spin on contemporary advancements in science and technology.
Possible Topics
- Cloning
- Intelligent machines
- Sequencing the Y chromosome
Past Programs
2017
Museum of the Moving Image, New York, NY
2021
Film Streams, Omaha, NE
2023
Ragtag Cinema, Columbia, MO
Media Arts Center San Diego, San Diego, CA
2024
Austin Film Society, Austin, TX