the code's premiere at fantasia was paired with hi! you are currently being recorded, a short about the surveillance state, and perfect reminder for how quickly our attitudes towards technology have progressed.

cameras are no longer unwelcome intruders, but prime mediators that we invite into our beds, at once delaying and delivering gratification...melting our fear into ambient anxiety. 

obv thinking about zizek's bit about outsourcing sex... only its abstracted further. instead of a vibrator and STU simulating sex, celine and…

I don’t want to be a Buddhist or a robot... I want to feel… 

I think this movie takes a profoundly empathetic approach to the crisis of alienation and the crisis of masculinity; while they are entwined, the latter is a distinctly self-imposed condition. as a ‘modern’ woman, it can seem almost logical to be alienated from your desire for love/companionship that finally confronting it feels enormous and disorienting. 

during the q&a, bonello said that gabrielle resists, resists, resists because…