THE MIND SNATCHERS

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THE MIND SNATCHERS (also MIND SNATCHERS). Bernard Girard, director. Ron Whyte (screenplay by), Dennis Reardon (play The Happiness Cage).[1] Denmark, USA: International Film Ventures, Laterna Film (production) / Cinerama Releasing Corporation (main distributor), 1972.[2] See IMDbPro for complexities of distribution.[3] Joseph Papp, producer (one of three).

IMDb Storyline: "A German scientist works on a way of quelling overly aggressive soldiers by developing implants that directly stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain." Cf. and contrast various implants, including those in The Sirens of Titan. Related to ideas on the development of the idea of cyberspace in note 1 to Lisa Swanstrom's "Landscape and Locodescription in William Gibson's Neuromancer" (pp. 26-27).


RDE, finishing, 30Oct21, 30Jul22