Existenz
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- Allegra Geller has developed a game, called eXistenZ. It consists of a biological game pod, which directly connects to the player through a game port in the small of the back. The amazing thing about this game is that the player truly experiences the game as if it were real.
- After someone tries to kill Allegra, she needs to go inside the game.
- eXistenZ was written and directed by David Cronenberg.
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Taglines
"Play it. Live it. Kill for it."
"Where does reality stop...And the game begin?"
"Play Or Be Played."
"Connect Compete Collide"
"Into your body, under your skin, beyone your senses"
"A game to live or to die for."
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Film Rating
Rated R for strong sci-fi violence and gore, and for language.
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Characters
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Main Characters
- Allegra Geller: (Jennifer Jason Leigh) The "Game Pod Goddess", said to be the world's greatest game designer. She works for Antenna Research and is the designer and creator of their game eXistenZ. Twelve volunteers are selected for the first test run of eXistenZ. During this test run, opponents of the game attempt to assasinate Allegra.
- Ted Pikul: (Jude Law) Assigned to work security for the testing seminar of eXistenz. He actually works for Antenna Research's PR department. Goes into hiding with Allegra after her attempted assasination.
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Minor Characters
The minor characters are the other 10 volunteers selected for the first test run of eXistenZ. Their characters develop throughout the movie, yet explaining these developments would give away too much information about the movie.
- Kiri Vinokur (Ian Holm)
- Gas (Willem Dafoe)
- Yevgeny Nourish (Don McKellar)
- Hugo Carlaw (Callum Keith Rennie)
- Seminar Leader (Christopher Eccleston)
- Merle (Sarah Polley)
- D'Arcy Nader (Robert A. Silverman)
- Chinese Waiter (Oscar Hsu)
- Noel Dichter (Kris Lemche)
- Landry (James Kirchner)
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Themes, Symbols, Motifs
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Main themes
- What is reality?
*What happens when a model becomes as real as the thing that it represents?
- Film Noir:
*Dark & stormy scenes *Everything appears run down
- Mixing of humans & computers:
*Flesh-like, living game pods that plug straight into the human through a "bio-port" *Gun constructed of flesh & bones with teeth for bullets *The game is referred to as "her"
- Virtual Reality Gaming
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Cyberpunk Themes
- People want to kill the heroine
- People get implants in their body for technological purposes (playing games)
- Heroin is dressed in black with a strange hairdo
- Infection & Disease
- Dark, futuristic world
- Confusion of reality vs. the game
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Discussion Questions
1. How might technology affect animals in the future?
2. Which is the real world? Does it matter?
3. Is it possible that games could really become as realistic as in eXistenZ ?
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Movie Info
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