Demon Seed

Podcast: The Next Reel Film Podcast · TruStory FM

Opublikowano: 2026-04-02

“The men who own me are at last admitting their fear of me.” An AI that refuses to stay in its box is a terrifying concept in 1977—and even more so now. Join us—Pete Wright and Andy Nelson—as we continue the Thinking Machines series with a conversation about Demon Seed. Directed by Donald Cammell, the Scottish painter-turned-filmmaker who co-directed Performance with Nicolas Roeg, the film stars Julie Christie as Susan Harris, a psychologist trapped in her own fully automated home by an AI her husband designed. Fritz Weaver plays Dr. Alex Harris, whose confidence in his creation l...