A. l. – Artificial Innocence
Magdalena Radkowska
kwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.plInstitute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
Abstract
Radkowska analyzes Steven Spielberg’s A.l. Artificial Intelligence, the story of an artificial boy who cannot grow up, which means that the process of initiation he has to go through is a tragic one. It is a contemporary version of the Oedipus myth. The film hero, like the son of locasta and Laius, sets out on a journey to grow up but finally, instead of becoming independent of her mother, ends up in her arms. He is inside the closed circle of desire. Most cyborgs and androids are doomed to live such lives. In a gesture of insanity they murder pointlessly and love with abandon. The film questions the boundary between man and android, therefore the story may be interpreted as a metaphorical story of the fate of a contemporary non-artificial man. Alienation is also an important problem raised in the film.
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Steven Spielberg, AI, OedipusReferences
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Magdalena Radkowskakwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
Antropolog kultury, doktorantka w Szkole Nauk Społecznych przy IFiS PAN w Warszawie. Pisze pracę doktorską na temat kulturowych wizerunków sztucznego człowieka. Redaktor naczelna miesięcznika „(op. cit.,)”.
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