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Posted by Mendocino Film Posted on: 05/17/07

Run Robot Run!

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Run Robot Run!

Director: Daniel O'Connor
In 1927, Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS gave us one of the earliest and most unforgettable portraits of a robot in human form. In its many variants, the theme of "You Can Be Replaced" by such a humanoid has captivated the imaginations of audiences for four generations. Ezra Pound said, "Make it new."  We say if you can't exactly make it new, make it charming, which is also to say, make it RUN ROBOT RUN!  Set in the near future, Kent Weston, a mechanistic human "more organized than a day planner" schemes against the brilliant and congenial Adam, an all-too-human machine, who has replaced him in both his position and in the affections of Allison, their pretty co- worker. With the help of Garth, a programmer at the dream factory where they work, Kent finally succeeds, after some very funny botched attempts, in frying his rival's circuits. But robots, too, can be replaced as Adam, reprogrammed, returns to give Kent a last chance to reprogram himself. (Canada, 2006, 80 min.)
Showing: May 17, 6pm, St. Anthony's

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