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Spike Jonze directs this award-winning drama following Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a lonely writer who falls in love with a sentient operating system. Newly separated from his wife Catherine (Rooney Mara), Theodore works for a company that composes love letters for those who lack the creativity to pen their own. Growing more and more isolated from the outside world, his curiosity is piqued by a campaign advertising the latest artificially intelligent operating system. When he is first introduced to his new technological assistant Samantha (voice of Scarlett Johansson) he is surprised by her ever-growing emotionality and fresh way of looking at the world. As time passes, Theodore finds himself connecting with Samantha in ways he could never have imagined. (Entertainment in Video)

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3DD!3 

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English I like my Windows, but Samantha wins hands down. Quite an original idea loses points for its protractedness (they could have cut something), but otherwise it pleases with its romantic and scientific spirit. Phoenix’s acting is just great, Scarlett Johansson has an captivating voice (you start to notice that once you stop gawping at her perfect body). I liked the layered message (on two levels) which forces the viewer even after the movie is over to think (about your OS). ()

Othello 

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English "Play melancholic song." A design showcase for the 21st century bourgeoisie that really doesn't go one step beyond a mere experiment with the romance movie genre with its theme of transhumanity, which is built on nothing more than the fact that she is an artificial intelligence. The visuals, reminiscent of an attempt to place images from an Ikea catalogue into a narrative context, raise wild theories about whether we are actually in some kind of horrifying Heinlein-esque dystopia where all the characters are actually silent accomplices leading their empty lives in gentrified cities where all the people are young, beautiful, rich, and have creative jobs. That and Joaquin Phoenix in the lead with the creepy gamepiece in his forehead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOimTfNR110) pull the whole otherwise pretty awful spectacle of designer consumerism up to a certain level. "Play melancholic film. Play different melancholic film." ()

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novoten 

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English As a short film this could have been a five-minute shootout or even a twenty-minute nostalgia, but Spike Jonze decided to give this idea a full-length form – and he did well. He holds the whole concept at such a high level that it is clear from the beginning that the finale cannot meet the audience's expectations. Because no matter how it ends, it will mean the end of that dream come true. And precisely at the edge of two hours, the elevating and universally personal premise spills over, not least in terms of how intensely it is intimate for us, romantic thinkers. However, I am still amazed at how perfect all the scenes are that depict a person in a state of hunger for love and hurling themselves down obviously blind alleys. ()

DaViD´82 

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English Black Mirror presents a chattily heartfelt, melancholic and, due to its topic, also pretty chilly feature length special When Teddy met Siri which fits nicely between episodes The Entire History of You and Be Right Back in terms of topic and approach. In any case it must be sci-fi, mainly because a guy that looks like Groucho Marx is courted by (true, in different forms) Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde and Kristen Wiig. And then also because of the worry design of men’s pants of the future; whoa… For my own sake I hope that this aspect of Spike’s vision doesn’t come true. ()

J*A*S*M 

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English Hi, I’m Spike and I generate films just for you! - Oh! That’s great, let’s see what you can do. - Well, first, what genre would you like? - Hey, I quite fancy some sci-fi. But a smart one, no madness with robots or anything like that. A pinch of social satire and… - OK, I’m writing it down. What about romance? Humour? Would that be fine? - Yeah, I guess, but only a little, so it would be a bit sad and melancholic, rather than cloying, get it? And the humour, just a bit to spice things up. - Sure, we’ll go easy on it. And what about the actor for the leading role? You have any special requirements? - How about someone renowned but not a big celebrity? Maybe Philip Seymour Hoffman? - Sorry, mate, he’s dead. And Joaquin Phoenix? - Yeah, no worries. - And in what era would you like it to take place? A slightly altered present or a far, post-apocalyptic… - If possible, maybe somewhere in the near future. So it would be very similar to now, but also with some different and original details. I’d love that. So I could imagine that things will be like that in a few years, but I wouldn’t be too happy about it. - So the tone would be rather depressing? - Well…. not that, no. I don’t want any cheap happy ending, but it doesn’t need to be a heavy downer, either. Something half-way. Don’t make it too happy, but leave the characters with some hope. - Well, I think I already have it. It will be called Her. Have fun. ()

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