existenz
Sloan Science & Film
David Cronenberg's 1999 feature film EXISTENZ with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law unfolds in multiple layers of reality. It takes place in a future where games are made from biological materials powered by peoples' bodies. The game consoles have fleshy appendages and buttons, which require stroking. They attach to the body via an umbilical cord. Dr. Duncan Buell is a computer scientist at the University of South Carolina who has loved science fiction since he was a child.