Teknolust
Lynn Hershman Leeson / GB, DEUZE, 2002 / 83 min.
Tilda Swinton plays a total of four roles in this spectacularly stylish, hilarious science fiction comedy including that of Rosetta Stone - a mad, genius who has created three, self-replicating automatons who depend on sperm for survival.
Scientist Rosetta Stone leads an isolated existence in her undefined cyberspace. Specialising in biogenetics, she creates three self-replicating robots that she cloned from her own DNA. To survive, they require the male Y chromosome, which only occurs in sperm. Tilda Swinton plays four roles: Rosetta Stone, as well as the robots Ruby, Olive and Marine, who only differ as far as the colour of their clothing is concerned.
Pre-film
Prior to Teknolust, you will see De stinkzwam (The Stink Mushroom) by A.M. van der Wel (1925, 4’), a Dutch scientific film with a slightly erotic touch, newly scored by Thijs Havens (Eye). Tilda Swinton hand-picked a short film, either from her rich oeuvre or from Eye’s collection, to precede all feature films.
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Details
Director
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Production year
2002
Country
GB, DEUZE
Original title
Teknolust
Length
83 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Tilda Swinton
This autumn, Eye presents Tilda Swinton – Ongoing, an exclusive exhibition dedicated to the celebrated Scottish performer, artist, and fashion icon. This unique and personal exhibition centres on Swinton’s creative collaborations.
Why in Eye
Lynn Hershmann Leeson is a true cinema visionary. The first film we made together - Conceiving Ada - was the very first ever made entirely within a computer: George Lucas took a look at it during his development of Star Wars. Teknolust brings us Rosetta Stone, cyber-genius, and her three cyber-clones: Ruby, Olive and Marinne (Red, Green and Blue..) and their quest for love, adventure and the ‘real’. Featuring a Karen Black impersonator played by Karen Black and a very beautiful bright green early electric car. Bonkers in all the right ways.
Tilda Swinton
Actor and Performer
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