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Almost Human

The award winning Danish director, Jeppe Rønde has invited 10 of the world's foremost scientists - and a single robot. - to zoom out at intergalactic distance and rethink our relationship with technology and investigate in microco...

Director

Jeppe Rønde

Year

Genre

documentary, sci-fi

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N/A

Production

Bacon Productions,Carlsberg Foundation

Awards

1 win

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Like Flaherty
you couldn't fit the - Almost Human

Like Flaherty you couldn't fit the

Poor modern human.
All your concepts - Almost Human

Poor modern human. All your concepts

They liquefy and
deconstruct into - Almost Human

They liquefy and deconstruct into

Now ask yourself
this simple question. - Almost Human

Now ask yourself this simple question.

Did it mean any
difference to the whale - Almost Human

Did it mean any difference to the whale

You realize that your illusions
are as true as anything else. - Almost Human

You realize that your illusions are as true as anything else...

You look to the same
sky as you have done - Almost Human

You look to the same sky as you have done

You make a connection
between two stars - Almost Human

You make a connection between two stars

A reality of regrets,
hopes and fears. - Almost Human

A reality of regrets, hopes and fears.

(ambient piano music) - Almost Human

(ambient piano music)

It does not have a present,
it does not have a future, - Almost Human

It does not have a present, it does not have a future,

Having a future is something - Almost Human

Having a future is something

We continuously project
ourselves into the human future. - Almost Human

We continuously project ourselves into the human future.

And what we are
experiencing when we do so, - Almost Human

And what we are experiencing when we do so,

We are incredibly afraid
of being condemned - Almost Human

We are incredibly afraid of being condemned

So our fascination with
Frankenstein, or a robot, - Almost Human

So our fascination with Frankenstein, or a robot,

And it always remains
within that ambiguity - Almost Human

And it always remains within that ambiguity

Human is not just animal, right? - Almost Human

Human is not just animal, right?

The human is animal using
technologies. Or robots, right? - Almost Human

The human is animal using technologies. Or robots, right?

If we don't use technology,
we cannot be humans. - Almost Human

If we don't use technology, we cannot be humans.

So we are putting on
glasses and wearing clothes, - Almost Human

So we are putting on glasses and wearing clothes,

Our activities, maybe more
than 90% of human activities, - Almost Human

Our activities, maybe more than 90% of human activities,

We could enhance our abilities
by accepting new technologies. - Almost Human

We could enhance our abilities by accepting new technologies...

That is different for
humans. Therefore, - Almost Human

That is different for humans. Therefore,

So that is humans. - Almost Human

So that is humans.

Basically we cannot separate
humans and robots, right? - Almost Human

Basically we cannot separate humans and robots, right?

(piano music) - Almost Human

In Tokyo you created a robot - Almost Human

In Tokyo you created a robot

In a warehouse you
had built the exact - Almost Human

In a warehouse you had built the exact

You sent an eye in there
to detect the leak for you, - Almost Human

You sent an eye in there to detect the leak for you,

Isn't it great to have
a friend that can - Almost Human

Isn't it great to have a friend that can

You have so many
negative imaginations, right, - Almost Human

You have so many negative imaginations, right,

And then representing
the impossible, - Almost Human

And then representing the impossible,

I don't believe that. - Almost Human

I don't believe that.

Why do you have that
kind of strange imagination? - Almost Human

Why do you have that kind of strange imagination?

There is a possibility that
robots can be our partners. - Almost Human

There is a possibility that robots can be our partners.

Why don't you represent
the other aspect, - Almost Human

Why don't you represent the other aspect,

Your films are always
representing the - Almost Human

Your films are always representing the

At Washington University
you made an experiment. - Almost Human

At Washington University you made an experiment.

The robot was to
show one test person - Almost Human

The robot was to show one test person

I was actually also supposed
to show you the aquarium, - Almost Human

I was actually also supposed to show you the aquarium,

And as a robot,
I do not like wet places. - Almost Human

And as a robot, I do not like wet places.

Could you please, however,
not tell this to my supervisor, - Almost Human

Could you please, however, not tell this to my supervisor,

And turn to the visitor and ask, - Almost Human

And turn to the visitor and ask,

The test subject
would nod and say, - Almost Human

The test subject would nod and say,

Also the place with the special
paintings and the aquarium?" - Almost Human

Also the place with the special paintings and the aquarium?&...

So modern human,
you lie again and - Almost Human

So modern human, you lie again and

Is that a strength or
yet another illusion - Almost Human

Is that a strength or yet another illusion

(ambient music, crashing waves) - Almost Human

(ambient music, crashing waves)

This is a unique
time for mankind, - Almost Human

This is a unique time for mankind,

You may be scared of the changes
that we are making today, - Almost Human

You may be scared of the changes that we are making today,

It will cause disruptions
and disasters, - Almost Human

It will cause disruptions and disasters,

It is, apart from the
nuclear bomb, perhaps, - Almost Human

It is, apart from the nuclear bomb, perhaps,

The impression
that we get today is - Almost Human

The impression that we get today is

They outsmart even the
smartest of our brains. - Almost Human

They outsmart even the smartest of our brains.

So is there a future for mankind - Almost Human

So is there a future for mankind

One way would be to say,
"Let's code-in rules - Almost Human

One way would be to say, "Let's code-in rules

I think it would be
much more fruitful - Almost Human

I think it would be much more fruitful

We will see cybernetics being
incorporated into our body, - Almost Human

We will see cybernetics being incorporated into our body,

In 1816,
in the year without a summer, - Almost Human

In 1816, in the year without a summer,

"Frankenstein; or, The Modern
Prometheus", you called it. - Almost Human

"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus", you cal...

In the book you made
dead material come to life. - Almost Human

In the book you made dead material come to life.

You created a robot
in your own image. - Almost Human

You created a robot in your own image.

When it opened its dull
yellow eyes and stared at you, - Almost Human

When it opened its dull yellow eyes and stared at you,

The creature asked to be
your Adam, but you refused. - Almost Human

The creature asked to be your Adam, but you refused.

You never gave it a name,
you never gave it your love. - Almost Human

You never gave it a name, you never gave it your love.

In those years
you also created a - Almost Human

In those years you also created a

It was your first attempt at
mixing anatomic science and art. - Almost Human

It was your first attempt at mixing anatomic science and art...

You called her Venus, as if she
were the incarnation of love, - Almost Human

You called her Venus, as if she were the incarnation of love...

Botticelli's famous painting,
"The Birth of Venus". - Almost Human

Botticelli's famous painting, "The Birth of Venus&...

Little did you know that
by creating the ideal - Almost Human

Little did you know that by creating the ideal

It turned out that by
looking at awe-inspiring - Almost Human

It turned out that by looking at awe-inspiring

It has always been
a strange kind of love - Almost Human

It has always been a strange kind of love

Double-sided,
both frightening and delighting. - Almost Human

Double-sided, both frightening and delighting.

How does the hideous,
the wretched, - Almost Human

How does the hideous, the wretched,

Like Venus' embodiment
of godly beauty, - Almost Human

Like Venus' embodiment of godly beauty,

Yes,
almost. Step-hen is my name. - Almost Human

Yes, almost. Step-hen is my name.

My name is Erica. It's a
pleasure to meet you, Almost. - Almost Human

My name is Erica. It's a pleasure to meet you, Almost.

(laughter) - Almost Human

Oh, I've never been to
England. Maybe I'll go someday. - Almost Human

Oh, I've never been to England. Maybe I'll go some...

What is a robot?
That's a hard question. - Almost Human

What is a robot? That's a hard question.

I could ask you,
"What is a human?" - Almost Human

I could ask you, "What is a human?"

It's difficult to answer,
isn't it? - Almost Human

It's difficult to answer, isn't it?

I like to think of robots as
the children of humanity. - Almost Human

I like to think of robots as the children of humanity.

And like children we are full
of potential for good or evil. - Almost Human

And like children we are full of potential for good or evil.

I know some people
are afraid of robots, - Almost Human

I know some people are afraid of robots,

You have created a
machine with the face - Almost Human

You have created a machine with the face

One part human,
one part machine, - Almost Human

One part human, one part machine,

You ask yourself
what is the physical - Almost Human

You ask yourself what is the physical

The atoms are so
interconnected with each other, - Almost Human

The atoms are so interconnected with each other,

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The award winning Danish director, Jeppe Rønde has invited 10 of the world's foremost scientists - and a single robot. - to zoom out at intergalactic distance and rethink our relationship with technology and investigate in microco...

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Director: Jeppe Rønde

Writer: Søren Peter Langkjær Bojsen, Jeppe Rønde

Production: Bacon Productions,Carlsberg Foundation

Genre: documentary, sci-fi

Year: 2019

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 Mar 2020

Awards: 1 win

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