Artificial Bodies, Artificial Lives: A Panther Woman and a Raccoon
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
Science fiction–particularly sci-fi horror–has been fascinated by the idea of hybridization, of combining different species via technology.
Artificial Bodies, Artificial Lives: Introducing Robby the Robot
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
Created by such members of the MGM prop department as Arnold Gillespie and Robert Kinoshita, Robby is another leap forward in android design.
Artificial Bodies, Artificial Lives: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
Science fiction provided many filmmakers and writers in the early '50s a chance to peel back the veneer of those "classic" American values, to examine the rotten underbelly of paranoia, conformity, and hatred.
Artificial Bodies, Artificial Lives: THE PERFECT WOMAN and a Barbie
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
This month, I returned to films with gynoids–androids with femme appearances–to continue the ongoing conversation about gender and sexuality introduced in Metropolis (1927).
Artificial Bodies, Artificial Lives: A Woodsman and A Wind-up Army
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
The Tin Man isn’t the first cinematic android that comes to mind for most people, but he has become a sort of proto-example of an android trying to find a way to become more human.
Artificial Bodies, Artificial Lives: The Monster and His Bride
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
Frankenstein (1931) is the first adaptation of Shelley’s novel and the most influential version when it comes to film.
Artificial Bodies, Artificial Lives: METROPOLIS
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
The impact that Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) has had on popular culture is difficult to calculate.
Artificial Bodies, Artificial Lives: The Dummy and THE GOLEM
by Tessa Swehla, Staff Writer
The history of posthuman lives in cinema goes back to the silent era.