Reading images of the cyborg:
There is a long history to making the body of themonster and the cyborg
a site for meaning:
"A
Guide to the History of Cyborgs" The media of photography and
film seems to have served as an invitation to photographers and film makers
to exploit the powers of their media in order to realize and envision
the uncanny image of the cyborg.
In
looking at the still images from films, like this one of Pris from Blade
Runner, it is useful to pose these questions:
--how is it human?
--how is it "other"?
--what associations does the image produce?
Extend this reading to the moving image and sound of the cyborg body in
film:
--what is implied by the quality of the voice?
--does it speak?
--how does it move?
--social factors: is it erotic, anti-erotic, dangerous, reassuring, something
to relate to? etc.
Metropolis
(1927)
Characters:
Maria: the virtuous leader of the people
Freder: son of Joh Fredersen, in love with Maria
Joh Fredersen: ruler of Metropolis
Rotwang: scientist
robot: created by Rotwang; sent on mission to misguide people
Terminator (1984)
Posters:
Robocop (1987)
Original Poster
Gallery of images from the film
Star Trek: the Next Generation:
"I, Borg" (5/11/1992)
