Robots, movies, machines, little boys who become human beings.

The movie you are talking about is artificial intelligence. David, the robot boy, has been looking for the blue fairy in Pinocchio's story, hoping that the fairy could turn him into a real boy like Pinocchio, but in the end he failed. The actor's acting is very good. After reading Artificial Intelligence, I suggest you look at another Spielberg work by this boy, The Sixth Sense. It's not a ghost film, it's not scary at all, but the plot design is clever and the ending is worth seeing.

A brief introduction to the story of artificial intelligence

It happened in an uncertain future. At that time, global warming had caused polar glaciers to melt, coastal cities to be flooded and the earth's resources were scarce. Therefore, it is necessary to implement a strict family planning system to control population growth. Based on this, a lot of tedious work is replaced by robots, even sexual services are no exception. Although robots are similar to humans in appearance, each robot has only specific functions and seems to lack a "soul" to engage in the specified work. Cybertronics, located in New Jersey, USA, plans to change this situation and develop a small robot that can give emotion, so that parents who can't have children or have no indicators of having children can get emotional comfort and satisfaction. The film begins with a professor in the company calling a meeting of employees and announcing the plan. At the meeting, a female employee raised a sharp question: now (in the movie era) society is full of robot-hating atmosphere. The problem is not to create a robot that can give people sincere and eternal love. The real question is: "Can humans love them?" Will humans respond to them with love? If this robot can really love a person, what responsibility does this person have for the robot? The professor couldn't answer, but vaguely said that it was a moral issue. Two years later, the first robot child David came out. In order to test the need, the company found a family. Their only son was terminally ill and was frozen and put in. Monica and Henry became his "parents". David is a well-behaved child, and gradually integrates into the life of his new parents. Mother Monica gradually got used to David's existence from her initial strong rejection of him. Her own son has no hope of recovery, and she urgently needs a son who can communicate with her. Therefore, although she was told in advance that once the emotional switch of the robot child is turned on, it can't stop his love, can't turn it off, and can't resell it to others. The only way is to send it back to the company for destruction. Finally, one day Monica started this "love" program, turned on David's emotional switch, and turned on David's "source of love". The communication between Monica and David can be seen as an attempt to be close and friendly between human beings and machines. The film skillfully, truly and naturally deals with the mother-child relationship between them. Soon, Monica's biological son Martin came back to life because of some new medical methods and returned to his parents. Of course, the real son is jealous of the "fake son" sharing maternal love, but the film's handling of this is not a joke, but three details are designed: First, David, who doesn't eat or sleep, forced himself to eat spinach under Martin's provocation, trying to live like a normal person, and the circuit board in his body was broken; Secondly, Martin deliberately lobbied David to cut off a strand of Monica's hair, saying that David could get more maternal love, which was almost misunderstood by his father as an attempt to kill; The third is that on Martin's birthday, David was teased by a group of children by the swimming pool. He sought Martin's help and embraced him with his arms. As a result, both of them accidentally fell into the swimming pool, and Martin almost drowned. This time, the Monica couple decided to send David back to the company for destruction. On the drive, Monica relented a little and left David in the Woods. Before leaving David, Monica said, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you what the outside world was like in advance." The second act of the film brings us to this "outside world": people at that time were divided into two categories, one was real people, the original name was "orga", which was the abbreviation of English "organism"; Another person is a robot, called "Mecha", which is the abbreviation of "mechanism" in English. Myka has no place in Oga's world. She is always discriminated against and harassed. In particular, some extremists regard Myka as the chief culprit of human degradation to the false world, so they arrest and destroy Myka who lives abroad. In the Woods where Monica abandoned David, the first supporting actor in the movie appeared again. He is Myka with shiny hair, who provides sexual services for lonely women. His nickname is pretty Joe. Then, the nightmare came, and a group of "counterfeiters" who vowed to destroy Myka came to search, and David and Joe, as well as some other mutilated wandering robots, were taken away. They were taken to an open-air gymnasium, where a bloody performance was being staged to destroy Myka. David and Joe were finally guillotined. At the critical moment, some people in the audience noticed that David was calling for help, because human beings had never seen Myka begging for life. Finally, because of the "defection" of the audience, David and Joe were able to escape the fate of being destroyed. Then, the film enters the third act, ethereal and full of fantasy. David remembered that Monica had read Pi Nuo's fairy tales for him, and he vowed to find the blue fairy and let her turn herself into a real child, "so my mother can love me." So David began his journey to find the blue fairy. After many twists and turns, David found the statue of Pinocchio's story in a famous amusement park under Manhattan by air, sea and land. He stayed in front of the statue of the blue fairy and kept praying: "Please turn me into a real child!"! Please turn me into a real child! " Until the plane ran out of electricity and lights, until another ice age came ... after another two thousand years, mankind was completely extinct. Another advanced animal, similar to the characters in abstract paintings, has become the master of the earth. They found David from the frozen plane and wanted to know about the human history that once existed. They helped David realize his wish to see "Mom" Monica again, but human beings copied through technology can only live for one day, that is, they will be resurrected one morning and die in their sleep that night. David returned to his original home, and the mother and son had a happy day without jealousy. In the evening, when his mother fell asleep, David obediently lay beside his mother and fell asleep quietly, and the picture gradually faded out, thus ending the film.

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Artificial intelligence was shot by Spielberg according to Kubrick's idea. People familiar with Kubrick should not be too satisfied with Lao Si's interpretation. Kubrick's cold humor is admirable. Whether it's clockwork orange who fantasizes about violence when listening to Beethoven, or Dr. Strange Love who died gloriously riding a missile head, those cold humors make you laugh and cry. I can only think with my eyes open. Kubrick's irresistible fatalism view of tragedy caused a sensation here in Spielberg and brought a glimmer of hope. David faced Monica with tears on his face and said over and over again, no, no, no, no! No, mom, please! No, no, please. Mommy Kubrick will make Wendy (the heroine of sharping) put on a gothic exaggerated face, open her silly mouth and talk nervously, while her husband Jack will respond coldly with a more nervous expression. He always makes these people feel a little natural alienation, instead of destroying serious thinking about the tragic fate of mankind with malicious grandstanding. Kubrick is also particularly good at dealing with big scenes. For Joe, things with special status should not be just decorations, and even his special way of making love can be used as a kind of cold humor. We can only grieve for the early death of the master. Movie master Kubrick died on 1999. He has been brewing this film for the last 15 years of his life, and has discussed it with Spielberg by telephone and fax many times. He also suggested that Steven should direct the film. However, due to the underdeveloped computer technology at that time, the project was postponed. After Kuyt's death, Shi took over a large number of drafts and sketches conceived by Kuyt, and wrote a script for the first time in 20 years, fulfilling the wishes of his predecessors. This is not harmony, just like composing Beethoven's fifth symphony in atonality, which will disappoint the audience who are expecting a beautiful fairy tale. This is not a nerve-numbing, sensory-stimulating, roller-coaster Hollywood blockbuster. It stimulates your IQ and soul. Artificial intelligence transcends the dogma and conventions of all Hollywood movies, just like Citizen Kane 60 years ago. It makes people who apply the existing aesthetic standards step by step feel uncomfortable. In terms of proposition, the only film I can think of is Kuyt's 200 1 A Space Odyssey. However, the proposition of "artificial intelligence" is more ambitious, and it is cut from many angles such as science, literature, philosophy, religion, ethics and human nature. It doesn't provide a perfect answer like most movies, but it can organically integrate so many topics into a drama, which is a great achievement in itself. This is the most perfect film depicting love in human nature. If you put your heart into it, you will cry again and again, not for anything else, because of the persistence, kindness and more important love of your master! ! !

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Oscar Award/Oscar Award, best effect (visual effect and others)/best effect in the United States in 2002, nominated for dennis muren Oscar Award/Oscar Award for visual effect, nominated for Scott Farrar/Oscar Award for visual effect in the United States in 2002, nominated for stan Winston Oscar/Oscar Award for visual effect, Best effect (visual effect and others)/best effect in the United States in 2002, nominated for Michael Lantieri Oscar Award/Oscar Award for visual effect, best music/song/best music in the United States in 2002, Song Nomination john williams Golden Globe Award US 2002 Best Supporting Actor/Best Supporting Film Nomination Jude Law Golden Globe Award/US Golden Globe Award 2002 Best Director/Best Director-Film Nomination Steven Allan Spielberg Golden Globe Award/US Golden Globe Award 2002 Best Film Song/Music/Best Film Score Nomination john williams British Academy Award/British Academy Award 2002 Best Special Effects/ Best Visual Effects Nominated for British Academy Award in dennis muren/Best Visual Effects Nominated for British Academy Award in Scott Farrar/Best Visual Effects Nominated for British Academy Award in Michael Lantieri

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Origin-The Story of Two Masters

Since Artificial Intelligence is Spielberg's old line of returning to science fiction films after finishing Jurassic Park for many years, it is also a film he wrote and directed again after Close Encounter of the Third Kind, so the production level of this film can be imagined. The film cost $654.38 billion and was produced by Warner, DreamWorks and Kubrick Studio. Kubrick's adopted son also served as the executive producer of this film. On August 7, 2000/kloc-0, the film was launched at warner corporation 16 studio in California (16 studio is the largest studio in the world, where the perfect storm was born). In the whole shooting process, high-tech technical means once again showed their ability: Industrial Light Magic used the advanced "real-time 3D computer game engine". In addition, the brand-new "live visualization" technology can also synthesize actors and backgrounds in real time when shooting, and display the synthesis results in the scene, so that actors will not be overwhelmed by acting against the blue screen. It seems that Spielberg, who enjoys high-tech means, really experienced another stunt addiction this time. According to the actor osmond, Uncle Spielberg is good at entertaining himself. During the filming of Man, the studio was simply a large playground for him. No wonder we can always see so many childhood dreams in Smith's movies. In fact, the great director himself is a big urchin with a childlike heart.

Propaganda-playing hard to get.

As we all know, "Artificial Intelligence" has always maintained a high degree of confidentiality in the whole production process. No matter how powerful the reporter is, he can't find out any details about the plot or shooting. This kind of secrecy is comparable to the Blair Witch Project, so the movie "People" is particularly concerned by fans, and all kinds of news related to "people" on the Internet have also become the targets of movie lovers-this may be the effect that filmmakers want to achieve. Playing hard to get is much more cost-effective than spending a lot of money on publicity. Of course, secrecy belongs to secrecy, and "playing hard to get" can't completely replace film propaganda. The propaganda technique of "People" can be said to be very pleasing: at the end of the movie trailer, a riddle-like sentence aroused great interest of fans. In order to solve this mystery, they must visit a series of websites, then get several phone numbers and e-mail addresses, dial these phone numbers and send letters to those mysterious addresses, and the answers-that is, the plot of the movie "Man"-will be presented to you bit by bit. This kind of publicity just caters to the curiosity of fans and achieves a very good publicity effect.

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Spielberg inherited Kubrick's legacy and made this futuristic sci-fi epic film. Jude Law and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, the prodigy of the sixth sense, have magical robot shapes. The story took place in 2 1 century. Due to the greenhouse effect, the earth melted the iceberg and many coastal cities were submerged. Humans only rely on the artificial intelligence of computers to maintain their lives. At the same time, humans also use robots with artificial intelligence for various purposes. In one of the families, a pair of human parents adopted a little robot David (Kelly Zusven) as their son and gave him a real life. David grew up among human beings and began an extraordinary mental journey ... This film was adapted by director and producer Steven Allan Spielberg according to an 80-page script left by movie master stanley kubrick before his death. The story of the film is a bit like Pinocchio's fairy tale in modern science fiction, and it is also a bit like robin williams's Two Hundred Years Man two years ago. The title A.I. is the abbreviation of artificial intelligence, which means artificial intelligence. The full name of the movie should also be a.i.: artificial intelligence. Since Saving Private Ryan in 1998, Spielberg has been hesitating about his next work. His current projects include Memoirs of a Geisha, Indiana Jones 4 and Minority Report. However, due to Kubrick's sudden death in 1999, "Eyes Wide shut" became the masterpiece of the master with a little regret, and the last plan of the master before his death, A.I., was put on hold temporarily, which led Spielberg to include this film in the plan. At the beginning of last year, Spielberg decided to challenge science fiction movies again after Jurassic Park, including Tom Cruise's long-awaited Artificial Intelligence, Salute to Old Friends and Minority Report. Who won the first two movies has become the best topic for fans after dinner. After many twists and turns, Spielberg finally chose this futuristic sci-fi epic film "Artificial Intelligence" that he had never tried before.

Artificial Intelligence The Secret Behind

From 65438 to 0999, stanley kubrick left the film career he loved all his life forever because of a heart attack. To quote a magazine, "We have talked too much about this great teacher who died". This master only made 16 movies in his life, but most of them were amazing. From "A Space Odyssey in 2006, 5438+0" to "clockwork orange", the depth of his old man's house and his satire on human beings are really admirable. "Only God and Kubrick love to curse mankind-now these old bastards are fucking laughing in heaven again." The only thing that makes this celestial master uneasy is AI, who has worked hard for this for more than 20 years. As early as 1974, Kubrick began to conceive how to make this story into a movie. Inspired by the short story Super Toy last summer from 65438 to 0969, the novel describes the story of a lovelorn robot boy and his toy teddy bear. Kubrick continued to polish the story and even invited several novelists to cooperate with him. When the story is almost conceived, the realization of technology is in front of Kubrick. It is difficult to meet the requirements of Kubri level with the technical level of that year. It is not that Kubrick is picky, but that he is called a master because of his persistent pursuit of perfection. Others can make a film in only a few months, but he takes three or four years. So "200 1: A Space Odyssey" is still perfect today, but other early science fiction films are very rough, which is why. On the other hand, due to the limitation of technical conditions, Kubrick found it too difficult and had to slow down the progress and put the film on hold for the time being. Everything started to change from Jurassic Park by 1993. This sci-fi film has been a great success, not only at the box office, but also in technology. It can be said that Jurassic Park is a milestone in the history of film digital technology. Kubrick saw hope from there, so on Thanksgiving that year, he invited Dennis Mullen, the company's effects director, to his home in England. After dinner, Kubri objectively rubbed some samples brought by Dennis and discussed the possibility of digital film production. After returning to the United States, Dennis began to design plans for artificial intelligence, but Kubrick was very demanding, and he would not immediately express his position on every plan. Due to Kubrick's delay, until his death, the work failed to make progress. Only one year after Kubrick's death, Warner put Steven Allan Spielberg in charge of the film. Spielberg, who hasn't written a script for decades, began to write a script for AI. This is not a whim of Warner Corporation. In fact, Kubrick has been in close contact with Spielberg for twenty years. If anyone knows this movie best, it's Spielberg except Kubrick himself. Two years later, Dennis was invited to Los Angeles and met Spielberg. There, Dennis was surprised to see all kinds of materials prepared by Kubrick for this film, including more than 500 film illustrations drawn by the painter Baker. In fact, from the first meeting between Dennis and Kubrick in 1993, Kubrick put a lot of effort into the film and did a lot of preliminary work. Speaking of these 1500 illustrations, we should also mention their author-Chris Baker. Kubrick found Baker because he was attracted by one of his picture books. Kubrick told him the general content, and then let Baker play freely. In this way, in two and a half years, although they were in two places, they completed these amazing illustrations by telephone and fax machine. After he officially started working, his old partner stan Winston Studio naturally took charge of the role modeling task. Of course, the most important people are all kinds of robots. Speaking of designing shapes for robots, Winston's studio is very good at it. The most classic style is terminator. But this time, unlike in the past, there were a lot of shapes to be designed, and stan Winston tried to create a robot world that people had never seen before. To this end, Winston Studio hired more than 140 artists to join the project. And set up workshops, large and small, which is the largest in Winston's studio history, and everyone is involved. Even so, Spielberg is still not satisfied after designing hundreds of schemes. He always said, "Oh, he looks so much like the terminator." When the film was handed over to Spielberg, all questions about David disappeared, because Spielberg used a real person to play the robot boy (he is a master, and his ability to cut corners is first-class ... I wonder if Kubrick will vomit blood with anger ...). The child star Haley Joe Osmont completed the task brilliantly, and he could perform for several minutes without blinking an eye. Of course, in order to make him look more perfect, the makeup artists shaved Osmont's face so that he would look smoother. In fact, in order to study this effect, makeup artists have done many experiments on other children, so that the faces of the last half dozen children are naked. The protagonist of the film is David, a robot boy and a Pinocchio character, which is also the most frustrating role for Kubrick. As early as 1994, Kubrick began a series of experiments to explore how to express this role in movies. According to Kubrick's original idea, David must not be played by a real person. One of the reasons is that real children will grow up, and with Kubrick's procrastination style, it is estimated that children should be adults after the film is finished. At the same time, he also hopes that this character looks slightly different from the real person, because he is a robot after all. So he asked IML to try to be a fully digitally generated character, but the effect was not ideal. Then considering the use of the doll, the model expert made a doll model based on Kubrick's five-year-old grandson, but the plan was not adopted in the end. It was also suggested that Kubrick use live performances, plus computer-generated avatars, and so on, but Kubrick never found satisfactory results. In addition to David, all kinds of strange robots appeared in Spielberg's movies. The producer designed about 25 kinds of robots for this film. They do their jobs, show their talents, cooks and robots that can open cans. Spielberg asked these robots to look more like humans, instead of making the audience feel that they are just machines. In order to make these robots lifelike on the screen, stan Winston's studio used models, CG and makeup techniques. In short, everything that can be used is used. Although after the film was released, like all Kubrick's films, the audience's reaction was average. But I believe it will be a slow-moving work. A few years later, it became another great work. After all, it contains the painstaking efforts of two movie master. And the selfless work of hundreds of people behind the scenes.