Morel's Invention story

movie: Morels Invention (1974) · 1974-05-16

Morel's Invention (Italian: L'invenzione di Morel) is a 1974 Italian science fiction film directed by Emidio Greco and starring Anna Karina. It follows castaway on a deserted island somewhere in Polynesia. Tourists arrive, and his fear of being discovered becomes a mixed emotion when he falls in love with one of them. He wants to tell her his feelings, but an anomalous phenomenon keeps them apart. It is based on the novel The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares.

9 total · 7 major · 2 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
digital clone of a person	major	Morel collected detailed sensory data from his visitors and then created self-aware projections of them.
human vs. nature	major	The shipwrecked man had to find a way to survive by himself on the island he washed up on.
infatuation	major	The castaway loved the projection of Faustine.
personal identity	major	We are made to ponder whether an incredibly sophisticated recording of a person when played is self-aware just like the original person. Morel was convinced this was so.
stranded on a deserted island	major	A shipwrecked man washed up on an island that appeared to be deserted, but it soon became apparent that other 1920s era people were on the island, but strangely the man could not interact with them. So he still faced the same problems that he would have had he been alone there throughout the film.
virtual person	major	Morel recorded all sensory information of the guest on his island for one week and then used a machine to generate self-aware projections of them.
what if I repeated a portion of my life over again	major	The self-aware projections of people on the island were looping over the same week of their life indefinitely.
invasion of privacy	minor	Morel apologized to his guests for having recorded every aspect of their being for a full week without their permission.
the soul	minor	Morel was convinced that his invention somehow proved the existence of the soul.