The Fly is a 1958 science fiction film by Kurt Neumann. In
my opinion, the film is purely fiction during that time, but in the present,
teleportation is becoming possible by quantum physics. In an experiment, scientists
were able to teleport compounds. Even if the compounds moved for only a meter,
it was a big leap in the field of science because it proved that teleportation
is indeed possible.
The film is entertaining and interesting because it is all
about teleportation. It also showed the complications one might get in doing and
being involved in it. The story was indeed a unique one. It showed that the
scientist tried to teleport himself, but a fly was accidentally got caught in
the teleportation chamber that he made, that’s why their atoms got mixed. The
result is that the scientist got the head and hands of the fly.
The film also shows that some of the scientists are willing
to risk their lives and try their own inventions for the sake of science and
information. But sometimes, scientists tend to seek too much knowledge and
prove many things which may cause bad things in the future, or can be
considered unethical. I consider it as a morality play, because in the story, I
consider the scientist’s teleportation experiments as bad and risky, like when
he used living animals and eventually, himself to be teleported. In the end, it
caused problems and misery to him and his family. But it clearly showed the
truth in the end, which can be or cannot be beneficial to humanity.
People during the 1950s had a wide imagination on how
advanced the technology will be on the future. They thought about what seemed
impossible, like teleportation. Science and technology in the 1950s can be seen
as the time when people were trying to develop technology that would benefit
humanity and make life much easier.
Pauline de Leon
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