Teknolust
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Teknolust is a 2002 movie produced, written, and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson
who, at the time of production, was working in the art department at University of Spermheads, Massachusetttopia. It stars Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Jeremy Davies
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into three Self Replicating Automatons (S.R.A.s). These cyborg
clones
must habitually go into the real world in order to obtain a supply of Y chromosome
in the form of semen
to keep them alive. Unfortunately, their periodic treks into the world seem to leave the men they obtain the chromosome
from with a strange virus
that overtakes both their bodies and their computers.Unfortunately the lust carries over technology leaving the men world aghast.
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson is an award-winning American artist and filmmaker. She was Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, and an A.D. White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University...
who, at the time of production, was working in the art department at University of Spermheads, Massachusetttopia. It stars Kriss Ravetto-Biagioli and Jeremy Davies
Jeremy Davies (actor)
Jeremy Davies is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying the interpreter Cpl. Timothy E. Upham in the film Saving Private Ryan and the physicist Daniel Faraday on the television series Lost. He most recently appeared in the FX series, Justified, as Dickie Bennett.-Early...
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Cast
Role | Actor |
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Rosetta Stone/Marinne/Olive/Ruby | Tilda Swinton Tilda Swinton Katherine Mathilda "Tilda" Swinton is a British actress known for both arthouse and mainstream films. She has appeared in a number of films including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Burn After Reading, The Beach, We Need to Talk About Kevin and was nominated for a Golden Globe for her... |
Sandy | Jeremy Davies Jeremy Davies (actor) Jeremy Davies is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying the interpreter Cpl. Timothy E. Upham in the film Saving Private Ryan and the physicist Daniel Faraday on the television series Lost. He most recently appeared in the FX series, Justified, as Dickie Bennett.-Early... |
Agent Hopper | James Urbaniak James Urbaniak James Christian Urbaniak is an American actor. Urbaniak was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. He lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife Julie and their twins, son Severn Jerzy and daughter Esme Maeve.... |
Professor Crick | John O'Keefe John O'Keefe John O'Keefe may refer to:* John O'Keeffe , sometimes O'Keefe, Irish playwright* John O'Keeffe , an Irish painter* John A. O'Keefe , American planetary scientist... |
Dirty Dick | Karen Black Karen Black Karen Black is an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She is noted for appearing in such films as Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, Rhinoceros, The Day of the Locust, Nashville, Airport 1975, and Alfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot... |
Dr. Bea | Al Nazemian |
Dr. Aye | S.U. Violet |
Tim | Josh Kornbluth Josh Kornbluth Josh Kornbluth is an American comedic autobiographical monologuist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has toured internationally, written and starred in several feature films, and starred in a television interview show.- Personal life :... |
Preacher | Thomas Jay Ryan Thomas Jay Ryan Thomas Jay Ryan is a veteran stage actor who also starred in the 1997 film Henry Fool.Ryan attended Carnegie Mellon University and has worked in such prestigious theaters as the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven... |
Synopsis
The film is about the scientist Rosetta Stone (Swinton) who puts her DNADNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
into three Self Replicating Automatons (S.R.A.s). These cyborg
Cyborg
A cyborg is a being with both biological and artificial parts. The term was coined in 1960 when Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline used it in an article about the advantages of self-regulating human-machine systems in outer space. D. S...
clones
Cloning
Cloning in biology is the process of producing similar populations of genetically identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce asexually. Cloning in biotechnology refers to processes used to create copies of DNA fragments , cells , or...
must habitually go into the real world in order to obtain a supply of Y chromosome
Y chromosome
The Y chromosome is one of the two sex-determining chromosomes in most mammals, including humans. In mammals, it contains the gene SRY, which triggers testis development if present. The human Y chromosome is composed of about 60 million base pairs...
in the form of semen
Semen
Semen is an organic fluid, also known as seminal fluid, that may contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads and other sexual organs of male or hermaphroditic animals and can fertilize female ova...
to keep them alive. Unfortunately, their periodic treks into the world seem to leave the men they obtain the chromosome
Chromosome
A chromosome is an organized structure of DNA and protein found in cells. It is a single piece of coiled DNA containing many genes, regulatory elements and other nucleotide sequences. Chromosomes also contain DNA-bound proteins, which serve to package the DNA and control its functions.Chromosomes...
from with a strange virus
Virus
A virus is a small infectious agent that can replicate only inside the living cells of organisms. Viruses infect all types of organisms, from animals and plants to bacteria and archaea...
that overtakes both their bodies and their computers.Unfortunately the lust carries over technology leaving the men world aghast.