Demon Seed (1977)
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Dr. Alex Harris (Fritz Weaver) has developed a creative artificial brain dubbed Proteus IV which can do its own thinking. Ultimately, it decides to trap Harris’s poor wife Susan (Julie Christie) in their own home because Proteus has determined that she can give it what it desires most.
This knockout 1977 science-fiction thriller is almost a two-character story, a battle of wills between the frightened and angry Susan and the coldly determined Proteus IV (whose voice is provided by an uncredited Robert Vaughn). It’s a strange, disquieting, fascinating little movie with a thoroughly engaging performance by Christie, exploring not only the idea of entrusting our lives to computers, but of also what it means to be human. The music and special effects are good, and the dialog is interesting.
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