Presented by ANU College of Science & Medicine
The Science. Art. Film. series uncovers the wacky, weird and wonderful facets of science and art in films, with post-screening discussions featuring artists and ANU scholars. In collaboration with ANU and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.
Join us for a post-screening lively discussion spanning philosophy, AI, communication, music, science and technology studies. The expert panel will examine how science fiction helps societies rehearse debates about emerging technologies long before they arrive, revealing both our hopes for innovation and our anxieties about control. As algorithms promise ever-greater certainty about our behaviour, Minority Report challenges us to consider what may be lost when prediction begins to rival choice.
About the film
2002 | M | 145 mins | D: Steven Spielberg
It鈥檚 2054 and Washington鈥檚 PreCrime unit has been running successfully for 6 years, preventing premeditated murders before they happen. Chief John Anderton (Tom Cruise) believes in the system鈥攗ntil he is identified as its next suspect. Now he must unravel the mystery of why at some future point he will want to kill a man he hasn鈥檛 yet met.
Spielberg鈥檚 clever adaptation of Philip K. Dick鈥檚 whodunit story explores surveillance, free will and the limits of predictive technology. Max Von Sydow, Collin Farrell and Samantha Morton also star.
Location
Acton, ACT, 2601
Speakers
- Henrique Santos
- Colin Klein
- Professor Kenneth Lampl
- Dr Dan Santos
- Dr Anna-Sophie J眉rgens
Cost Per Person
Contact
- Irina Agaronyan1800 067 274
