Aug 27th
Demon Seed
(US 1977)
A scientist's supercomputer gets too powerful for its own good and abducts and rapes his wife in the hope of creating a synthetic child.
Unpleasant but improbable 70s sci-fi ultimate nightmare scenario of computers taking over human beings, with the dilemma of visualising details easier to convey in novel form, but succeeding pretty well despite short cuts in the plot and poor human characterisation.
Written by: Richard Jaffe, Roger Hirson, based on the novel by Dean R. Koontz.
Producer: Herb Jaffe.
Director: Donald Cammell.
Starring: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Robert Vaughn (voice only), Gerritt Graham, Dana Laurita.
Photography: Bill Butler.
Music: Jerry Fielding.
Production Design: Edward Carfagno.
Demon Seed
(US 1977)
A scientist's supercomputer gets too powerful for its own good and abducts and rapes his wife in the hope of creating a synthetic child.
Unpleasant but improbable 70s sci-fi ultimate nightmare scenario of computers taking over human beings, with the dilemma of visualising details easier to convey in novel form, but succeeding pretty well despite short cuts in the plot and poor human characterisation.
Written by: Richard Jaffe, Roger Hirson, based on the novel by Dean R. Koontz.
Producer: Herb Jaffe.
Director: Donald Cammell.
Starring: Julie Christie, Fritz Weaver, Robert Vaughn (voice only), Gerritt Graham, Dana Laurita.
Photography: Bill Butler.
Music: Jerry Fielding.
Production Design: Edward Carfagno.
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