A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A. I. - Artificial intelligence is a science- fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg after the short story Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss. Originally, this was a film project of Stanley Kubrick, which he had passed before his death to Steven Spielberg. The film is at once a modern adaptation of the Pinocchio theme.

Action

Mid-22nd century have melted the polar ice caps due to extensive industrialization and pollution. In order to limit the consumption of resources, the number of children was limited and introduced licenses for births. There are now robots that have a consciousness - so-called " Mechas ". A prototype of a new series from Cybertronics is David. It has the shape of an eleven year old boy and is able to build emotional bonds and to love people. The management decides to leave the prototype of their employees, Henry Swinton, whose own son is with low chances of survival in a coma. The inclusion of David Henry hoped that his wife Monica get over the loss of his son Martin.

After a sort of probation Monica decides to keep David. Therefore, it activates the so-called imprinting ( a unique code to speaking ) the unconditional love of David to her with complete abandon. A once activated embossing can not be undone, this mecha can not be passed on to others. If the family will not have him anymore, he would be returned to Cybertronics where it is destroyed.

The situation is complicated when Martin, the natural son of the family, out of a coma and becomes healthy. It develops a jealous rivalry between David and Martin, in Martin his position of power to exploit deliberately. The family is emotionally overwhelmed. When David in a panic reaction, the Martins life at risk, Monica decides that David has left the family. Monica is however not bring David to return to the manufacturer, where he would be destroyed. Instead, she decides to suspend David in the forest to at least prevent its destruction.

David falls into the clutches of people who disused or abandoned Mechas to the amusement of the other in so-called meat - feasts ( in the original Flesh Fair) destroy, but can escape, because he seems so human. David studied the blame for the loss of love in himself and leads his misfortune to the fact that he is not a real person, unlike his stepbrother. Due to the bedtime stories his "mother" he is familiar with the story of Pinocchio in which a mystical " Blue Fairy ", the wooden puppet is transformed into a real boy at the end. He identifies himself with Pinocchio and makes the decision to seek out the " Blue Fairy " to be transformed into a "real boy ". The drive for his stubborn search is the belief that he is to win back the love of his "family", especially his mother. Faithful companion on his odyssey he is a " supertoy " named Teddy ( a sophisticated teddy bear run, think and speak ). On a part of his journey accompanied him love robots Joe.

Finally, on his search he finds a character in a former ( and due to the sunken Polschmelze ) amusement park at Coney Iceland, which should be considers to have the Blue Fairy. He asks again and again to turn him into a real boy. He is trapped in his underwater vehicle by falling metal parts, but he does not care. So pass 2000 years, in which there is an ice age and humanity becomes extinct. The Mechas have evolved in the meantime to own sophisticated humanoid form. Discover David as she archaeological excavations in the ice making. You are interested in David's experience, because he is the only active Mecha, knew the people nor directly. David touched the thawing blue fairy that breaks then in many parts. Shortly afterwards, David found in his old home again, where he finds a holographic version of the Blue Fairy. Once again, David expresses his desire to be transformed into a human. The fee can not fulfill this desire and offers him, instead using to awaken from DNA remains some people back to life. David, however, is only interested in Monica. At this moment, Teddy gets a lock out that David had once cut off from Monica's hair. Teddy she had sewn back then. One of the beings said David though, that the revival of human DNA from just one day to work long, as people die as soon as they are asleep. David still wants his mother goodbye, and the essence fulfills his wish. David and his mother spend time together throughout the day, and at the end she tells him that she has always loved him. At the end of the movie David lies next to his mother falling asleep, close your eyes and reached for the first time " the place where dreams are born ."

Film Music

The film music by the American composer John Williams. For A. I. Williams created a world of electronic and otherworldly sounds, which perfectly fits the movie happening, according to Steven Spielberg. In addition, Williams composed an emotional issue, which describes the love of David to his mother. This composition can be heard in the credits of the film with a wordless female voice. In the booklet of the soundtrack edition Steven Spielberg writes: " John Williams is the greatest musical storytellers of all time. " This is also the reason why Williams is the favorite composer of Spielberg. For decades, they have a close friendship.

Synchronization

The German synchronization was commissioned by the Interopa Film GmbH in Berlin. The values ​​given in parentheses actor borrowed the figures in the original version of the film only her voice were, however, not to see for yourself.

Criticism

The lexicon of the International film proclaims: " Steven Spielberg has directed the film as a tribute to Stanley Kubrick, without reaching a homogenous style or more than eligible for cover at the seams perspective. Even if it should trigger perplexity and contradiction among supporters of both directors, earning his livelihood rethink evaluate philosophical approaches respect and engagement. "

The editors of TV Guide Prism said: "Once again offers a Spielberg film only by its optical perfection. But neither story nor the sometimes poor implementation convince here. The history of robots with feelings is not just the re-invention of science fiction, neither in the literature nor in the film. Makes you wonder, what is the project that Stanley Kubrick had tackled here still remains. Because Spielberg bored almost the entire two and a half hours and Sugaring the ending, so that everything bleeds in a sweet porridge. Too bad, because the civilization critical approaches of the story are still current. But films like " Blade Runner" are simply a different class. "

Awards

  • Nomination for Best Director for Steven Spielberg
  • Nomination in the category Best Supporting Actor for Jew Law
  • Nomination for Best Original Score for John Williams

Background

With reference to the real world

  • The film was originally supposed to only "AI" hot, but it was found that people in Anglo-Saxon brought the name with their famous brand A1 ( a steak sauce ) in conjunction. It was then added to the title Artificial Intelligence.
  • For film music Stanley Kubrick made ​​few provisions, but he wanted to have " Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss in the film. The song was then used for the arrival scene in Rouge City.
  • In the film, the "Twin Towers " of the World Trade Center are still in the distant future. This fell a few weeks after completion of the film. However, Steven Spielberg wanted to deliberately ( and the later DVD release ) this not be removed or retouched.
  • In the film, robots can be seen that lack limbs. Some of them were actually played by actors with amputated arms.
  • Has the character of Dr. Know in the film resemblance to Albert Einstein, the original English version of his voice Robin Williams also speaks with a slight German accent.
  • The sunken in the sea amusement park on Coney Iceland was shot with scale models in a dry- for- wet technique: that is, the scenes were filmed in a tank filled with light fog or smoke room in the dry. Air bubbles or fish were then added later as computer effects.

Pure fictional background

  • The narrator at the beginning of the film is the leader of the futuristic 'super- Mechas ' from the future, even in the credits " Specialist ". You can hear him at the end of the film also talks to David. The film is thus told from the perspective of these beings.
  • The code of the official " imprinting Protocols" with the seven embossing words is " Cirrus, Socrates, Particle, Decibel, Hurricane, Dolphin, Tulip ," followed by his own name, the name of the child and again his own name, ie " Monica, David, Monica. " The word order was written by Stanley Kubrick and unchanged by Steven Spielberg for the film.
  • Professor Hobby has created the Mecha David according to the image of his deceased son. This becomes clear when you see photos of the son on his desk and he speaks again at the end with David.
  • The film does not explain whether the alien -looking beings of the future aliens or a late Mecha - development should be. Only the bonus material on the DVD provides the explanation that there are more advanced mechas, perform the excavation on earth to explore their own past.
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