What to expect
Made while global war transformed technology into political leverage, the film treats scientific knowledge as something that can endanger its maker as soon as others recognise its use.
How to ease in
Follow the invention as the central object: who knows about it, who wants it, and what each person is willing to do to control it.
Heads-up
A quick, non-exhaustive note Includes espionage, weapons, kidnapping, violence, wartime nationalism, and period stereotypes.
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An invention does not remain its creator’s private achievement once governments can imagine a use for it. I like how the object gathers danger before it gathers explanation.
— Momo
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