2015 · 108 min · R

Ex Machina

Name: Ex Machina
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Released: 2015
Duration: 108 min
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson

Directed by Alex Garland · Drama, Science Fiction

Ex Machina (2015) is a Drama film, directed by Alex Garland set in Norway during the 2010s. It runs 108 minutes and is rated R.

A neo noir, with a tense and contemplative tone. Themes of technology/ai anxiety and identity play out through single location / bottle.

Composer

Ben SalisburyGeoff Barrow

Cinematography

Rob Hardy

Cast

Domhnall GleesonAlicia VikanderOscar IsaacSonoya MizunoCorey JohnsonClaire SelbySymara A. TemplemanGana Bayarsaikhan

The world of this film

Setting

Where

Norway

Setting

Wilderness Rural

When

2010s

Premise & themes

Premise

Neo Noir

Themes

technology/AI anxietyIdentity

Structure

Single Location / Bottle

Tone

TenseContemplative

Shape

Protagonist

EnsembleAntihero

Pacing

Slow Burn

Dialogue

Talky Dialogue Driven

Based on

Pure Fiction

2002
25th Hour
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
1971
A Clockwork Orange
London — Near Future
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
1950
All About Eve
New York City — 1940s · 1950s
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1976
All the President's Men
Washington DC — 1970s
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
1999
American Beauty
1990s
Suburbandir. Sam Mendes
2018
Annihilation
Florida — 2010s
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Premise & themes

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