The following is a rather random collection of films relevant (or broadly relevant) to Information Systems.
IMPORTANT WARNING – Some of these films contain adult themes and discretion should be taken in watching them. We do not endorse or even necessarily agree with the opinions they contain. The aim of adding them here is to make you think and develop the debate.
A very dark british comedy by the highly critical Charlie Brooker. Some challenging episodes, but overall fantastic.
Terry Gilliam’s amazing film (albeit very old now) which touches upon the challenges of bureaucracy.
“A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state.”
Spike Jonze film about a relationship with an operating system.
Visually haunting the film centres around the turing test for Artificial Intelligence.
This classic Chaplin film from 1936 provides a critical look at modernity and mechanisation. Remember that at this time the production line was a new invention, and the USA was in the middle of the great-depression.
“The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.”
A documentary about Venture Capital in high-tech industry. This documentary interviews the key players in the VC market in the USA during the tech-bubbles of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. These were the people who created companies like Apple.
A selection of early videos on cloud computing issues and debates