'Thinking machines' and 'people thinking as machines' (super-computerprogrammers who have internalized computerese) are perhaps two of a kind. But clashes with the 'real world' are preprogrammed for these machines of flesh and blood. The film traces humankind's striving to discover itself again in its mechanical creations, from the effort to construct automatons in Switzerland some 200 years ago, to a pinnacle display of the 1980ies achievements: a robot playing Haydn's 'Genesis' at the World Expo in Japan.
Crew
Oliver Herbrich
Director, Screenplay
Romy Schumann
Editor
Ludolph Weyer
Cinematography
Isolde Herbrich
Production Assistant
Paul Carmine
Mixing Engineer
Benedikt Röskau
Sound Recordist
Andreas Hofner
Sound
Laurie Anderson
Music
Harald Kißling
Production Accountant
Petra Vonhausen
Still Photographer
Jan Betke
Technical Supervisor
Peter Rosenwanger
Title Designer
Recommendations
view all
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Gilbert
The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Above Majestic
Room 666
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
Making "The Matrix"
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Piece by Piece
The Secret
The Irishman: In Conversation
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
Naqoyqatsi
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
The Matrix Revisited
The Pixar Story
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World