I enjoyed this movie for a couple of reasons.
Reminiscent of Paul Cox's "Lonely Hearts" it uses the love story format to illustrate the need for emotionally crippled people to connect. It also shows a future world of communications which rings very true because we are almost there. Unfortunately, the use of the first person camera ruins what could have been a truly great movie.
The first person camera seems like a good cinematic idea but it is not. Instead of enhancing the viewer's emotional transference (which would be the goal), it detracts from it. The reason might be illustrated by the comments of a sensitive and attractive young lady I saw on a newsmagazine the other night. She had lost her sight and then recovered it. When asked what she had missed seeing most, her answer was immediate: "herself".
Maybe someone in Hollywood will get a hold of this one and do it right.
Reminiscent of Paul Cox's "Lonely Hearts" it uses the love story format to illustrate the need for emotionally crippled people to connect. It also shows a future world of communications which rings very true because we are almost there. Unfortunately, the use of the first person camera ruins what could have been a truly great movie.
The first person camera seems like a good cinematic idea but it is not. Instead of enhancing the viewer's emotional transference (which would be the goal), it detracts from it. The reason might be illustrated by the comments of a sensitive and attractive young lady I saw on a newsmagazine the other night. She had lost her sight and then recovered it. When asked what she had missed seeing most, her answer was immediate: "herself".
Maybe someone in Hollywood will get a hold of this one and do it right.