Między nadzieją a paranoją. O post-człowieku w filmach science fiction (na kilku przykładach)
Between Hope and Paranoia. On the Post-human in Science Fiction Movies (A Couple of Examples)
Author(s): Piotr Gorliński-KucikSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Anthropology, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Ośrodek Badawczy Facta Ficta
Keywords: science fiction; science fiction cinema; the post-human; transhumanism; evolution; creationism; artificial intelligence
Summary/Abstract: In the article, Gorliński-Kucik describes the determinants of science fiction conventions which aim at investigatiing the future of man and civilization. In doing so, the author reflects on movies released in recent years (2013–2019), which, in his opinion, best exemplify the problem in question, i.e. the construal of transhumanism. Analysed films include: Her (2013), Under the Skin (2013), Lucy (2014), Transcendence (2014), Chappie (2015), Arrival (2016), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), and Netflix animated anthology Love, Death & Robots (2019). Gorliński-Kucik concludes that vast majority of interpreted movies addressess the post-human and predicts its appearance in the near future―without, however, fully escaping the eponymoys dichotomy of hope and paranoia.
Journal: Creatio Fantastica
- Issue Year: 59/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 109-122
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish