Existenz (1999)
- Original title
- eXistenZ
- Directed by
- David Cronenberg
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, cyberpunk, action film, horror film, comedy drama
- Country
- United Kingdom, France, United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 2,200 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A game designer is attacked while testing a virtual reality system that plugs directly into a player's spine. She and a marketing trainee go on the run to escape further attacks, and the lines between the game world and reality become blurred.
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What happens
Existenz (stylized as eXistenZ) is a 1999 science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg. The film follows Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a game designer who becomes the target of assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation. An international co-production between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, and Robert A. Silverman. The film received mostly positive reviews upon release. Cronenberg was awarded the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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