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Teknolust

2002 · 83 min

A quirky, cerebral sci-fi comedy that feels like an art installation come to life, playful yet intellectually curious.

Directed by: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak

Tagline: One part woman. One part science.
Overview: Anxious to use artificial life to improve the world, Rosetta Stone, a bio-geneticist, creates a Recipe for Cyborgs and uses her own DNA in order to breed three Self Replicating Automatons, part human, part computer named Ruby, Olive and Marine.

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Directed by: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
technology
sexuality
isolation
science
Places: big city
workplace
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	6
Realism	4
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	4

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