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Re: A.I.
I think I need to watch this one a second time.
>From: "Sweet & Tender Hooligan" <hooligan at apostate_com>
>Reply-To: "Sweet & Tender Hooligan" <hooligan at apostate_com>
>To: "OTR List" <over-the-rhine at actwin_com>
>Subject: Re: A.I.
>Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 06:33:04 -0500
>
> > Maybe the promise of the premise wasn't
> > realized because it was indeed prophetic.
>
>Sure. Maybe that's the trouble with so many movies nowadays that don't live
>up to their premise. They're /all/ prophetic. ;^)
>
> > A truly great film doesn't give you the
> > question AND answer but rather entices
> > you to figure it out for yourself.
>
>It's not answers that I wanted from the film. Indeed, I prefer films - like
>the aforementioned "Blade Runner" - that /don't/ provide all the answers.
>What I wanted was for the questions to be explored more provocatively.
>These are complex issues that "A.I." tackled, but they were handled in a
>perfunctory manner, and always punctuated by a lingering close-up of
>Osment's dewey-eyed gaze.
>
>-
>
>s&th
>hooligan at apostate_com
>
>"If you've never walked into a parking meter,
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