Creative Control (2015)

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fonz
What would happen if Kubrick wanted to direct Her and watched nothing but Vice docs as research. 8 years 1 month ago
Siskoid
Creative Control is certainly stylish, but does it hold up as a science fiction film? The jury's out, apparently, but I say yes. Though there's a new technology being developed, used and marketed - an "augmented reality" that's not unlike cell phone aps projected on your retina - it seems like little more than a backdrop for a relationship drama between an ad executive and a yoga teacher. At most, the tech allows the exec's fantasies about a second woman to feel confusingly real. And yet, like true SF, it has something to say about our world and technology's impact on it. The lead's pairing with a yoga teacher isn't random. Here is a woman who is all about emptying her mind to find peace; he's working with technology that creates overwhelming background and foreground noise. Ironically, she's the one who finds real connection with the world, while he struggles despite his super-connectivity. And the super-science in the film is barely ahead of where we are now. I'd call this a cautionary tale if we hadn't already thrown caution to the winds on that front. 7 years 4 months ago