Lucy is a 2014 French-American high-concept science-fiction action film about a woman suddenly forced to work as a drug mule developing extraordinary mental and paranormal abilities after a packet of a newly developed synthetic drug called "CPH4" breaks inside of her body.
Written and directed by Luc Besson.
Lucy :
Everything's different now. Like sounds are music that I can understand, like fluids.
It's funny, I used to be so concerned with who I was and what I wanted to be, and now that I have access to the furthest reaches of my brain, I see things clearly and realize that what makes us "us" — it's primitive. They're all obstacles. Does that make any sense?
Like this pain you're experiencing. It's blocking you from understanding. All you know now is pain. That's all you know, pain.
Like this pain you're experiencing. It's blocking you from understanding. All you know now is pain. That's all you know, pain.
I feel everything. Space, the air, the vibrations, the people, I can feel the gravity, I can feel the rotation of the Earth, the heat leaving my body, the blood in my veins. I can feel my brain. The deepest parts of my memory.
I can start to control other peoples bodies. Also I can control magnetic and electric waves, and — not all of them, just the most basic — television, telephone, radio. … I don't feel pain, fear, desire. It's like all things that make us human are fading away. It's like the less human I feel, all this knowledge about everything, quantum physics, applied mathematics, the infinite capacity of the cell's nucleus, they're all exploding inside my brain. All this knowledge. I don't know what to do with it.
- Explaining to Professor Norman some of her abilities as she reaches 28% of her neural capacities.
We never really die.
Every cell knows and talks to every other cell. They exchange a thousand bits of information between themselves per second. Cells join together forming a joint web of communication, which in turn forms matter. Cells get together, take on one form, deform, reform — makes no difference, they're all the same. Humans consider themselves unique, so they've rooted their whole theory of existence on their uniqueness. "One" is their unit of "measure" — but its not. All social systems we've put into place are a mere sketch: "one plus one equals two", that's all we've learned, but one plus one has never equaled two — there are in fact no numbers and no letters, we've codified our existence to bring it down to human size, to make it comprehensible, we've created a scale so we can forget its unfathomable scale.
- Indicating some of her perspectives on human concepts of measurement and distinction.
Time is the only true unit of measure, it gives proof to the existence of matter, without time, we don’t exist.
- Summarizing her perspectives, as she prepares to reach 100% of her neural capacities.
I AM EVERYWHERE
- Statement after reaching 100% of her neural capacities.
Life was given to us a billion years ago. Now you know what to do with it.
Professor Norman :
- One neuron, you're alive. Two neurons you're moving. And with movement, interesting things begin to happen.
- The dolphin did not invent the sonar — it developed it, naturally. And this is the crucial part of our philosophical reflection we have today: can we therefore conclude that humans are more concerned with "having" than "being"?
- If its habitat is not sufficiently favorable, or nurturing, the cell will choose immortality, in other words, self-sufficiency and self management. On the other hand, if the habitat is favorable, they will choose to reproduce — that way, when they die, they hand essential information and knowledge to the next cell, which hands it down to the next cell, and so on. Thus knowledge and learning are handed down, through time.
- Lecturing on his newly published research
- For the moment it's just hypothesis, I confess. But if you think about it, its troubling to realize that the Greeks, the Egyptians and the Indians had notion of cells centuries before the invention of the microscope. And what to say about Darwin whom everyone took for a fool when he put forth his theory of evolution. Its up to us to push the rules and laws, and go from evolution, to revolution.
- Lecturing on his newly published research
- If you're asking me what to do with all this knowledge you're accumulating, I say, pass it on … just like any simple cell, going through time.
- To Lucy
Dialogue
Professor Norman: But now we are entering the realms of science-fiction, and we don’t know any more than the dog who watches the moon.
Student: Excuse me sir.
Professor Norman: Yes?
Student: But what would happen, if for some reason we ignore, somebody unlocked 100% of the cerebral capacity?
Professor Norman: One hundred percent?
Student: Yes.
Professor Norman: I have no idea.
Lucy: [on phone] Professor Norman, my name's Lucy, I just read all your research on the human brain — we need to meet.
Professor Norman: [laughs] All my research? Wow, I'm very flattered young lady, but I find that hard to believe. I must have written no less than—
Lucy: Six thousand seven hundred thirty four pages. I can recite them to you all by heart, if you wish.
Professor Norman: Are you one of Emily's friends? This sounds like one of her silly jokes. Is she there with you?
Lucy: [suddenly appearing on his television screen] No, I'm on my own.
Professor Norman: [stunned and puzzled] Who are you?
Lucy: I just told you.
Professor Norman: [still hesitant and puzzled] Uh, Lucy, right? Yes. Sorry.
Lucy: I read your theory on the use of the brain's capacity. It’s a little rudimentary but you're on the right track.
Professor Norman: [meekly] I thank you.
Lucy: Professor, my cells are reproducing at a phenomenal speed, several million per second. I'm having trouble precisely evaluating the time of my death, but I doubt if I'll last more than 24 hours.
Professor Norman: [ as Lucy prepares to inject herself with all the remaining CPH4 ] All this knowledge, Lucy — I'm not even sure that mankind is ready for it. We're so driven by power and profit. Given man's nature, it might bring us only instability and chaos.
Lucy: Ignorance brings chaos, not knowledge. I'll build a computer and download my knowledge in it. I'll find a way for you to have access to it.
Professor Norman: Yeah … I just hope … we will be worthy of your sacrifice.
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