Filmreihe: Torment Nexus

In the organizer's words:

What happens when technology from science fiction films suddenly becomes part of everyday life?

Inspired by the meme of the same name , our new film series Torment Nexus explores the complex and often contradictory relationship between imaginative cinema and real technology.

In the first season, we focus in particular on the topic of artificial intelligence - a technology in which a fierce competition is currently raging between tech giants and start-ups for supremacy. Will AI lead us into a brave new world or the apocalypse - or is it all just hot air in the end and will less change than we think?

We take a look at what answers cinema can give us. Every first Wednesday at Odeon Kino, we show a classic film that has significantly shaped our ideas about artificial intelligence. HER (2013) kicks things off.

Her | Wed. 4.9. | 20:30

In the near future, lonely writer Theodore buys a newly developed operating system that is supposed to fulfill all of its user's needs. To his surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and the intelligent, empathetic voice of the system, Samantha. As their connection grows, Theodore questions his notions of love and human closeness. This unusual relationship challenges him to confront the limits and possibilities of technology and emotions.

Terminator | Wed. 9.10. | 20:00

2029: The artificial intelligence Skynet is on the verge of victory over humanity. To complete its plan, it sends a killer robot to the year 1984 to find the birth of the leader of the remaining human race.

Matrix | Wed. 6.11. | 20:00

Thomas A. Anderson is an unassuming programmer at a globally successful software company. Hardly anyone would guess that behind the façade of this quiet everyman is a professional hacker who accepts jobs for a fee. However, Anderson has had a feeling for years that something is wrong with his life. He is to be proved right. The mysterious Morpheus lets him in on a secret: The world as we perceive it is nothing but a computer simulation.

Ex Machina | Wed. 4.12. | 20:00

24-year-old web programmer Caleb wins an internal company competition - his prize: a week's stay at the CEO's private mountain retreat. Once there, however, Caleb has to take part in an experiment that is as strange as it is fascinating and interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, which has been built into the body of a beautiful robot woman.