Original poster design // Matthew Brazier
Prints // shop
Child psychologist Susan Harris (Julie Christie) lives with her husband, Alan (Fritz Weaver), in a home operated by a computer program. When Alan invents Proteus IV, an artificial intelligence system capable of advanced thought, his obsession with technology strains their relationship. But Susan sees the true power of her husband’s invention when Proteus IV takes her hostage in her own home and reveals its ultimate desire: a child of its own, conceived in her womb and destined for domination…
Donald Cammell // USA 1977 // 15 // 94mins
“Remarkably prescient in its tackling of issues the cinema is only now catching up with, and Christie adds depth to the lady-in-peril heroine.”
–Empire
“A hidden gem of the sci-fi genre.”
–Little White Lies
“A claustrophobic cautionary tale that shrouds its incredible special effects in a powerful hallucinatory atmosphere.”
–Radio Times
“Christie’s passionate, vulnerable performance keeps pulling the entire movie into her point of viewn.”
–New Yorker
The film will be preceded by a talk from Dr Leonie Tanczer, Lecturer in International Security and Emerging Technologies at University College London, who will explore the possibility that emerging “Internet of Things” technologies such as ‘smart’ meters, locks, and cameras, are creating new risks for victims of domestic abuse.
Where: The Castle Cinema, First Floor, 64-66 Brooksby’s Walk, E9 6DA
When: Tuesday 30th October 2018 // doors 8:45pm, talk 9:00pm, film 9:15pm
Science Fiction Theatre 