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Rubin (Meret Becker) and Karow (Mark Waschke): Between urban wilderness and artificial intelligence
Photo: rbb / Conny Klein
In the summertime, the first only shows "crime scene" repetitions. The original version of this text was first broadcast in September 2018.
The scenario:
A wild boar rams its teeth into the body of a jogger, a robot sticks a needle into the cervical vertebra of a kiosk owner.
The two deaths Rubin (Meret Becker) and Karow (Mark Waschke) investigate do not appear to be due to human exposure.
And yet human dramas are revealed to investigators between urban wilderness and artificial intelligence.
The highlight:
Wild boars on the Ku'damm, robots in the ghost train: this »crime scene« finds strong images of how the creatures and the artificial affect Homo sapiens.
But the greatest threat to humans remains here too: humans.
The picture:
In forensic medicine, the corpse of a man (attacked by the robot) and the corpse of a woman (attacked by the wild boar) lie side by side.
The man's shame is covered, that of the woman is exposed.
Sexism post mortem.
The dialogue:
In the evening, Commissioner Karow is greeted by a female computer voice in his smart apartment:
Computer: »You look tired, Robert! Shall I make you some tea? "
Karow: "Shut up!"
The song:
»Says« by Nils Frahm.
The Hamburg electro elegance wrote the music for this man-machine »crime scene«.
The dissolution of the thriller, that much may be revealed, comes along as techno ballet to his music.
The review
8 out of 10 points.
Despite small weaknesses: an almost poetic trip through the high-tech wilderness of the capital.
The analysis:
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