Anyone remember "Humaniods"
Talmadge Wright
sci-fi. It was reported to be Andy Warhol's [the avant-garde pop artist],
favorite film. I too would like to know where to purchase this film. It
was a film ahead of it's time. Good material on discrimination in the film.
t.Wright [twr...@orion.it.luc.edu]
David K. Leucht (DLE...@ccmail.gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
: I am wondering if anyone can report on the disposition of a film entitled,
: "Humaniods".
: I remember seeing it several times in the mid-sixties, but haven't seen or
: heard of it since then. I have not even seen it listed in a couple of
: so-called encyclopedias of SciFi Films.
: The film was made in the 50's and appeared to be low-budget, based upon
: limited sets and virtually no special effects (none that I can remember). I
: believe it was based upon a Jack Williamson story (at least that is what I
: remember), the author's name was provided during credits.
: The story deals with a decaying population of mankind, increasingly unable to
: reproduce, and their heavy reliance upon androids. A faction of society is
: creating increasingly sophisticated androids, and have succeeded in creating a
: series of androids so close to mankind in all respects, that the only thing
: separating these androids from mankind, is the ability to reproduce. Needless
: to say, the focal point of the film is the final step to produce a type of
: android with the ability to procreate, and the factional struggle to prevent
: the creation of such androids. The androids were of different sexes.
: The hook at the end of the film is one of the human scientists talking to the
: audience, saying something to the effect of, "and of course the experiment
: succeeded, or you wouldn't be here".
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