Ex Machina (2017): A Film That's About Everything Except AI
The Every Movie Ever! Podcast · Ben Groves & Rob Macfarlane
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Show Notes
Ben and Rob test ‘Ex Machina’, Alex Garland’s sleek, sterile sci-fi thriller where tech anxiety gets seductive and sinister. Domhnall Gleeson plays Caleb, a wide-eyed coder sent to play assistant to Oscar Isaac’s Natan, a tech genius channeling Elon Musk if he ever got off the bad stuff; but the star of ‘Ex Machina’ is Ava—Alicia Vikander’s uncanny AI creation who may or may not be running her own Turing test on everyone.
The lads crack open the algorithms behind Ex Machina to find out whether this modern sci-fi masterpiece is Alex Garland’s best work—or just a very well-lit panic attack. But who is Alex Garland? Is ‘Ex Machina’ a secret bible camp? Given unlimited funds and no oversight, would we really be so much better than Nathan?
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