Ghost in the Shell

Name: Ghost in the Shell
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Released: 1995

Mamoru Oshii

cybernetics artificial intelligence identity and consciousness government surveillance hacking and cyber crime

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Synopsis

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

Cinema Atlas Connection

We screened Ghost in the Shell for Joel Silver and said, 'We wanna do that for real.'

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This Film Influenced

→ The Matrix (1999) → The Matrix Reloaded (2003)