Friday, November 7, 2008

Artificial Intelligence


















2001

Director: Steven Spielberg

Disctributor: Warner Brothers / Dreamworks

Key Elements: Symbolism, Visuals, Concept

My Review:


Pinocchio revisited.

David is woken to life by his mother’s code-words much like Pinocchio is woken by the Blue Fairy. Teddy is his Jiminy Cricket. The Flesh Fair is Mangiafuoco’s puppet show. Rouge City is Pleasure Island. Being trapped under the sea is being trapped in Stromboli. Being the last remaining piece of humanity (or being loved by his Mommy) makes David a real boy.

This movie invites its viewers to ponder some existential questions: Would you rather know a terrible truth or believe a beautiful lie? What makes us human?

Trailer:



Quotes:

  • “If a robot could genuinely love a person what responsibility does that person hold toward that Mecha in return? …It's a moral question, isn't it?”
  • The story tells what happens.
  • They made us too smart, too quick, and too many. We are suffering for the mistakes they made because when the end comes, all that will be left is us. That's why they hate us, and that is why you must stay here, with me.
  • Come away O human child
    To the waters and the wild
    With a fairy hand in hand
    For the world's more full of weeping
    Than you can understand.
  • The greatest single human gift - the ability to chase down our dreams.
  • I am... I was.

Stills:
































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