like he cut himself- tf is wrong with him? He seemed like a level headed guy with no mental illness then he randomly cut
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kaskait — 10 years ago(January 14, 2016 11:56 AM)
There are three major scenes in the bathroom.
When Caleb arrives at Nathan's home, he is shown to have massive scarring due to damage from the car accident in his youth. It isn't highlighted in the film, but that much scarring would almost certainly affect a person's self esteem, body image and personhood. Caleb could have a very real disconnect with his own body.
The next is a shot of him shaving, in the meantime Nathan is setting up a little scene for Caleb to witness. But this is one of the more ridiculous scenes in the film. Because how could Nathan know for sure that Caleb was watching? It just seems silly.
Third is when Caleb cuts his wrist. The film focuses on the fact that the cut is very deep and large. It looks as if Caleb cut an artery. He would have bled out terribly and almost certainly would have required stitches for that wound.
So we have to ask ourselves, did Caleb really cut himself? Was he hallucinating it? How else would he be alive and chipper the next day?
Or perhaps he really did fatally injure himself. Then what we saw at the end, may not even be real. Its just some death wish fantasy Caleb saw before the end.
Since I don't think the film is all that deep. I don't think much thought was put into the whole wrist cut. It was done, because it would look so INTENSE. Whoooo. -
FourthYear — 10 years ago(January 15, 2016 05:27 AM)
I think you over-analyzed and then over-simplified your own analysis.
It's very easy to discern that Caleb cut himself to ensure he was human and not a robot. One of the questions of the film (of which there are many quite subtly asked) is "what would happen if you didn't
know
you were AI, and you thought you were real?"
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FourthYear — 10 years ago(January 15, 2016 10:36 AM)
A flesh wound isn't life-threatening. It seems like you're assuming that just because you cut your forearm, you sever an artery that's not factually accurate. You're projecting your own thoughts of what would happen into someone else's story.
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skay_baltimore — 9 years ago(April 10, 2016 10:53 AM)
Either that, or Nathan was the pre-programmed AI (pre-programmed to believe that he was the "boss") and Caleb was actually the boss, testing Nathan's advanced AI.
"Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back in." Will Rogers -
devotee-2 — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 08:32 AM)
Uncanny (2015)
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kaskait — 10 years ago(January 16, 2016 04:12 PM)
How is it just a flesh wound? The film posits a problem for the viewer in this scene.
The wound is bleeding out quite heavily. If it was just a little dribble, just a little bit of bloodthen I would say yeah, it was nothing. But it isn't nothing. The film is telling the viewer what Caleb did was serious. Then it cuts out how Caleb stopped that serious bleeding.
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pkop14 — 9 years ago(July 31, 2016 11:24 PM)
Jesus you guys are idiots. That scene is in the movie so people like you CANNOT claim that he is a robot. The movie is playing on your suspicions that he may be an AI, and him cutting his arm is unequivocally disproving them.
You will not bleed out just by cutting a deep cut in your arm unless you hit an artery. Is this really so hard to understand? I guess they could have shown him wrapping up his arm to stop the bleeding but I don't think it is necessary. -
lknfk71 — 9 years ago(August 21, 2016 12:07 PM)
the cut he gave himself is comparable to those self-inflicted wound people do when the commit suicide.
If you cut across your wrist, the veins will seal up, ensuring you do not bleed out. If you cut down the length of your arm, you will bleed out much faster and the wound will not clot.
There is even a saying for it "Cut down the highway, not across the street" -
HalBanksy — 10 years ago(March 28, 2016 09:06 AM)
Or perhaps he really did fatally injure himself. Then what we saw at the end, may not even be real. Its just some death wish fantasy Caleb saw before the end.
Since I don't think the film is all that deep
The last section of the film basically being a dream, would not be "deep" at all. -
larshevn — 10 years ago(March 28, 2016 04:56 PM)
So we have to ask ourselves, did Caleb really cut himself? Was he hallucinating it? How else would he be alive and chipper the next day?
During the confrontation between Nathan and Caleb the morning after, Nathan tells him "I woke up this morning to a tape of you slicing your arm open and punching the mirror". So yes, it really did happen.