Ghost in the Shell (1996)

Em Português

This is one of those movies that I want to see more than three times. The narrative is well built, although difficult to understand at first.



The Japanese manga style is renovated, with a Bladerunner-esque dark environment, instead of the cheesy Pokémon style. It's worth to note that Ghost in the Shell was made before The Matrix, so most of the philosophical aspect of "GITS" was pretty new to the mainstream.

The main question in "Ghost in the Shell" is the separation man/machine, and the proper definition of Life. Since the movie is set in the near future, the humans have started to implant cybernetics into their bodies and brains. Both main characters are vestiges of humanity, authentic robots.

The following questions are posed:
- How do we define Life? Is it having a conscience? Can a machine be self-conscious? Maybe organic cell counts have something to do with it.

- What are the rights of a Living Being? Can we give them to a machine?

- In the future, when we have a direct connection from our brains to the internet, how will we defend ourselves against hackers? Will a hacker be able to change/create/erase our memories, in effect plunging us into an alternate reality?