Anime
We watched a lot of it in highschool. How this film transcends the norm. Timeline of anime and the cyberpunk aesthetic.
Influence
The influences that went into this movie. The huge influence this movie had on everything after.
Plot
For once we have to lay out the plot of the movie in detail, because it’s kind of complicated!
The Opening Scene
Awesome. Exploding heads. Japanese pornography laws. Encryption as armament.
Cybernetics/Cyborgs
The spectrum on jacked-in-ness in the movie. Taxonomy of androids, cyborgs, and robots.
The Soul/Ghost
Mind-body dualism. The treatment of consciousness in the film.
Evolution in Binary
Emergent AI. What is life? Evolution of digital life forms.
