This film, Ex Machina, examines the relationship between mechanized technology and what it means to be human. The first scene in the film that depicts this relationship is when Ava and Caleb were meeting for the second or third time, and Ava had a “surprise” for Caleb. She returned fully dressed in human cloths and was wearing a wig. This scene really grabbed my attention because I now know for Ava’s plan in the end to work, which was to manipulate Caleb into helping her escape, she needed to appear as human as possible. In other words, she wanted Caleb to end up having feelings for her, and she succeeded. Therefore, in order to appear human and get Caleb to become attracted to her, she needed to physically look as human as possible.
