It's a welcome-to-the-machine moment. Mild-mannered writer Ferdinand VanÄ›k is visiting the home of his smug, materialistic friends Vera and Michael, who have been lecturing him about the deficiencies in his life and marriage. Abruptly, these two yuppies seem to lose the little personal warmth they possessed. They start to chant in unison about their desire to help VanÄ›k. Their hands clasp and clench robotical…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:32PM on May 14, 2014