Hi all,
I have a question for all medically informed film-philosophers: In
Jonathan Demme's The Manchurian Candidate (2004) there's that scene
where the Raymond Shaw character (Liev Schreiber) undergoes a check-up
to see whether the chip in his brain is still functioning properly.
While I understand that the process of insertion itself is today
pretty much standard medical practice, how much science or fiction is
involved regarding the chip? Is it an RFID (Radio Frequency
Identification) chip, allowing Shaw's controllers to know where
exactly he is at all times? Or does it do something more akin to mind
control, and if so, in what feasible manner? Raymond also has a
second, imbedded chip beneath his left shoulder, which might be
responsible for the former mechanism. So why the need for two chips?
The movie leaves this unanswered, but it would seem the filmmakers
didn't just make all of this up out of thin air.
Any ideas?
Henry
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