1982 · android · low-budget · cult
Android
Directed by Aaron Lipstadt1h 20m1982
Eccentric scientist Dr. Daniel and his shy assistant Max lead a quiet life on their space station, carrying out illegal research on androids, until they receive an unwelcome visit from three fugitives one of whom is female. Both Dr. Daniel and Max show an interest in her, but one of the other visitors has more sinister intentions.
Our read: Android (1982) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive android · low-budget · cult entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured android / low-budget, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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