Film: 'Frankenstein' (1931), introduced by Mark O'Connell

The obsessed Dr. Henry Frankenstein is far ahead of his time. He succeeds in bringing dead tissue to life. Screening of the classic 1931 movie adaptation of Mary Shelley's epistolary novel. Introduced by Mark O'Connell, Irish author of To be a machine (2018).

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Date and time Saturday 19 January 2019 22:30 tot 23:55 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 2

Boris Karloff plays the best known film monster of all time in an iconic film adaptation of a story that over time seems to only gain relevance. Two hundred years ago, Mary Shelley wrote her epistolary novel about fundamentel questions regarding human existence. As film Frankenstein changes the story on many points. On screen, the scientist uses electricity to bring his creature to life. In the end also this film classic focuses on the central question 'why are we here and what can we do?' The film is screened in English without subtitles. Mark O'Connell - irish author of To be a machine (2017) about people searching to conquer mortality by merging with technology.

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Mark O'Connell

(Ireland, 1979) is a literary expert and journalist who lives and works in Dublin. He writes for publications like the New Yorker, The Independent en New York Times Magazine. His 2018 debut To Be a Machine was nominated for the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize, the most important British non-fiction award. In the book, O'Connell researches trans-humanism, a Silicon Valley subculture that devotes itself to radical life extension by melding man and technology. In 2018, O'Connell told the NRC: "They have a mechanistic view on what it means to be human. They literally see humans as machines. [...] My inquiry was into the question of what it means for a human to become a machine, but ultimately I learned more about what it means to be human."
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