GHOST IN THE SHELL : Décryptage et explications

Decoding GHOST IN THE SHELL Ghost in the Shell is a modern drama starring Motoko Kusanagi who, like the protagonists of Shakespeare's plays, questions her own existence without finding a satisfactory answer. Her body is made entirely of artificial materials, with the exception of her brain. She fears the disappearance of her identity and wishes to free herself from the limitations of her physical body and exist in the network of cyberspace. The film is set in a futuristic society where various technological advances have been made, such as cybernetics and digitization, and develops essentially against the backdrop of a worldview that regards science as truth. The 80s were the dawn of cyberpunk. With a publication that began in 1989, the last year of the Showa era, Shirow Masamune's manga Ghost in the Shell, which with its surprising density of knowledge and information and futuristic development of philosophy and ideas, offered a unique and pioneering vision of the future. We had to wait until the technological maturity of 1995 to establish Shirow Masamune's vision of the world with the film Ghost in the Shell, directed by Oshii Mamoru. 00:00 Intro 02:55 Asian city of the future and urban chaos 06:37 Background and plot of Ghost in the Shell 08:40 Questioning Motoko 12:28 In search of identity 14:28 What is a Ghost? 18:26 Cybernetics and digitalization 22:28 Cyberspace, a sea of information 23:50 Face to face with the Puppet Master 32:01 2501