Stanisław Lem: The Perfect Imitation

"The Seventh Sally or How Trurl's Own Perfection Led to No Good" is a science fiction short story by Stanisław Lem. Originally from "The Cyberiad" the adventures of the brilliant engineers Trurl and Klapaucius, it was included in "The Mind's I: Fantasies and reflections on self and soul" a 1981 book composed and arranged by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett. It is a collection of essays and creations about the nature of the mind and the self, tied together with commentary by the editors.
"Victim of the Brain" is a 1988 docu-drama by Dutch director Piet Hoenderdos, loosely based on "The Mind's I" and includes this movie adaptation of Lem's "The Seventh Sally" here called "The Perfect Imitation".
The complete film you can watch here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8576072297424860224

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[hyperhumana]

The name of this story in The Cyberiad stands:

"How his own perfection led to Trurl's doom".

[gall0ws]

Awesome! Thanks :)