Wow, this no-budget 1962 film is stunning. It looks like a b-film, and it is, but the concepts involved are quite interesting and challenging. Watching it reminds me a lot of what I always pictured when reading classic "hard" SF. People in futuristic rooms sort of standing there, uttering perfectly formed speeches about interesting ideas. Just one of the things going on in the film is that, in the future world where androids are commonplace, a woman has elected to live in "rapport" with one of them, a sort of marriage. Kinky!Someone on IMDB wrote this movie is "Better than Star Wars!" I wouldn't go that far. It's always handy to invoke the name of Star Wars to get some attention. They are two quite different movies. This movie could certainly be seen as the missing link between Metropolis and Blade Runner. Reputedly COTH was Andy Warhol's favourite movie.
"The Perfect Man!"
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