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Retro SciFi Film of the Week…

Loss of Sensation (1935)

This movie and Metropolis (1927) were heavily influenced by the 1920 Czech play U.R.U., which introduced the word “robot” to science fiction and the English-speaking world. (“Robota” in Czech means “corvée”, serf labor or unpaid labor.)

Recently, a lot of authors have been writing about the post-scarcity economy, but this film examined the concept back in 1935. These filmmakers were likely influenced by Marx, thinking that productivity was a bad thing because it means less work (and fewer workers) are required to produce what we need. Most writers today envision a more utopian outcome from a post-scarcity world in their stories.

The film is in the public domain. Here’s a link...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:1935_%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8.webm&oldid=426959862