Sensory Play - Bold and Creative Ideas

Garnett 2022-03-24 09:01:54

One of my favorite movies, although crudely made, it does a great job of shaping a weird eXistenZ otherworld, making game console drives out of deformed animal entrails, flesh is good food, bones and teeth can be put together into a pistol. Everything is disgusting, but I can't stop, eager to explore it.
And to experience it all, just install a tiny socket on the body.
It's a bold and creative idea, plug in a socket, and travel around the gaming world, where the human seems to become the host of the computer.
I can't help but wonder if people are playing games or if games are controlling humans. When a person installs a socket, does he become a slave to the game?
Many movies these days express their concerns about technology, but although this movie is rough, it is indeed the strangest and most creative one I have ever seen. The question at the end of the film is: Are we still in the game? Not only asking the protagonist, but also asking every audience, asking about technology.
When we are immersed in the fun that the game brings to us, should we think about whether we are being controlled by the game, or the production company?

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Extended Reading
  • Ken 2022-03-25 09:01:09

    I don't know if this is a game or a movie. Probably as Descartes said "i think so i am". @Bruce Shoutout.

  • Dimitri 2022-04-21 09:02:10

    David's morbidity is all organic. Phenomenon while watching the film: When I see an actor in this film, I will always meet her again in another recently watched film, if it is not intentional. This time it's Jennifer Jason Leigh. It's old in this movie, and I'm completely naked in [Cold Blooded].

eXistenZ quotes

  • Ted: [points gun at Allegra's head] Death to the demoness, Allegra Geller.

    Allegra: That's not funny.

    Ted: Sorry.

    [lowers the gun]

    Ted: But you know, I do feel the urge to kill someone here.

    Allegra: Who?

    Ted: I need to kill our waiter.

    Allegra: Oh. Well that makes sense. Um, waiter! Waiter!

    [she calls over waiter]

    Allegra: When he comes over, do it. Don't hesitate.

    Ted: But... everything in the game is so realistic, I-I don't think I really could.

    Allegra: You won't be able to stop yourself. You might as well enjoy it.

    Ted: Free will... is obviously not a big factor in this little world of ours.

    Allegra: It's like real life. There's just enough to make it interesting.

    Ted: [looking at approaching waiter] He's too nice! I won't do it.

    Chinese Waiter: What can I do to make your lunch more pleasant?

    Ted: I found this in my soup.

    [holds up gun]

    Ted: And I'm very upset.

    [shoots waiter]

  • [first lines]

    Seminar Leader: eXistenZ. Written like this. One word. Small 'E', capital 'X', capital 'Z'. 'eXistenZ'. It's new, it's from Antenna Research, and it's here... right now.