Plug & Pray
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Plug & Pray |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German , English , Japanese , Italian |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jens Schanze |
| script | Jens Schanze |
| production | Judith Malek-Mahdavi |
| music | Rainer Bartesch |
| camera | Börres Weiffenbach |
| cut | Jens Schanze, Jörg Hommer |
| occupation | |
Plug & Pray - From computers and other people is a documentary by Jens Schanze about the possibilities and consequences of computer technology and artificial intelligence . The title (literally about “plug in and pray”) is a widespread corruption of the term “ plug and play ” introduced by Microsoft for the hot swapping of devices .
action
The film deals with a dream of mankind: the construction of intelligent machines . Leading scientists in the USA, Japan, Italy and Germany provide insights into their projects, their motivation and their visions for the future. They explain what tasks computer-controlled machines and robots should take on in people's daily lives in the future. One of the pioneers of computer development, former MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum , born in Berlin in 1923 , also known for the development of ELIZA , comments on the future visions of his colleagues formulated in the film from a humanistic point of view.
background
The film was produced in cooperation with Bayerischer Rundfunk between 2006 and 2009. The production was funded by the German Film Fund , the North Rhine-Westphalia Film Foundation , the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, and the Bavarian FilmFernsehFonds . The shooting with Joseph Weizenbaum continued until shortly before his death in March 2008.
Since January 2010, the film has been shown at 30 international film festivals , for example in the competition program of the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels (FIPA) 2010 in Biarritz in the Creative Documentaries category , at the Porto International Film Festival 2010 and at the Festival du Cinema Visions du Réel in Nyon .
The German theatrical release was on November 11, 2010 via farbfilm verleih and distributed by 24 Bilder Filmagentur .
Inventions: stations of the film
review
“A great look at the promises, problems, and ethical aspects of robotics. A wonderful conversation piece and a refreshingly open and unbiased view of scientists debating and doing their work. "
“Beyond this cultural studies reading, 'Plug & Pray' remains a very conventional documentation that does not develop any independent theses. The material shown is extensive, but this pluralism tends to get in the way of an escalation beyond the Kurzweil / Weizenbaum dialectic. "
“The number of science fiction films in which the existence or the artificial creation of human-like creatures, intelligent machines or even humans is discussed has now reached enormous proportions. What director and Grimme Prize winner Jens Schanze brought us to the cinemas with his documentary 'Plug & Pray', however, goes closer than any fictional examination of the subject and is, surprisingly, more critical than Hollywood ever was or could be. "
Awards
In February 2010, the film received the rating of particularly valuable and the documentary film of the month award from the Wiesbaden film evaluation office .
At the International Science Film Festival in Paris, the film was awarded the Grand Prix of the jury as best film. In Athens he received the Science Communication Award at the International Science Film Festival for the best communication of scientific content to a wide audience. In La Coruña, Spain, Plug & Pray was named best film by the international jury at the Mostra de Ciencia e Cinema. At the 2010 Bavarian Film Prize ceremony , Jens Schanze received the award in the documentary film category for Plug & Pray . In Olomouc (Czech Republic) the film received the Best World Science Documentary Film Award.
Web links
- Official website for the film
- Plug & Pray in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- “Alptraum Computer” , Die Zeit No. 03/1972 of January 21, 1972, p. 43 (the critical article by Weizenbaum shown in the film).
- Critique of "Plug & Pray" at SPIEGEL online
- Critique of "Plug & Pray" at kino-zeit.de
- Critique of “Plug & Pray” in c't magazin
- Critique of "Plug & Pray" at kino.de
- Critique of "Plug & Pray" at film-dienst ( Memento from November 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Teaching material for "Plug & Pray" at kinofenster.de
- Expert opinion of the German film and media rating
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile on moviesection.de
- ↑ FIPA 2010 program ( memento of the original from September 9, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Lista de Filmes Fantasporto 2010
- ↑ Plug & Pray in the Filmarchiv des Visions du Réel ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Robert Koehler: film review on variety.com. (No longer available online.) Variety , December 8, 2010, archived from the original on March 13, 2012 ; Retrieved April 20, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Florian Schulz: Film review on filmstarts.de. Film releases November 11, 2010, accessed November 16, 2010 .
- ^ Kathrin Lang: film review on moviesection.de. moviesection.de, November 14, 2010, accessed November 16, 2010 .
- ↑ Assessment by the Wiesbaden Film Assessment Office
- ↑ Press release on the predicate and the award (PDF file; 60 kB), February 17, 2010.
- ↑ Film Festival Pariscience
- ↑ International Science Film Festival Athens ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mostra de Ciencia e Cinema
- ^ International Festival of Science Documentary Films AFO
