人工智能电影

ArtificialIntelligence（人工智能）经典电影英文影评

ArtificialIntelligence（人工智能）2001

Expectationswerehigh,perhapsunreasonablyso,forA.I.,the

first-andonly-movietobearthemonikersofcinematic

,whileA.I.

isconsistentlyinvolving,andhasmomentsofnear-brilliance,itis

,asthelong-awaited

"collaboration"ofKubrickandSpielberg,itranksassomethingof

,themoviemayendupfallingshortofthe

industrypundits'do

sufficientlywelltojointhe$100millionclub,butitisunlikelyto

posssthecloutnecessarytooutpaceacertainrampaging

animatedogre.

Bynow,khadbeen

nurmaidingthisprojectalongforalmosttwodecades,awaiting

thetimewhentechnologycouldproducevisualeffectsatthe

eyears,hespokein

somedetailwithSpielbergaboutA.I.,and,afterhisdeath,

end,heattemptedtowedhisownstyletoKubrick'e

master'snameappearsintheopeningcredits(themovieis

prentedas"AnAmblin/StanleyKubrickProduction"),and

Kubrick'sbrother-in-lawandlong-timeexecutiveproducer,Jan

Harlan,islistedasoneoftwoExecutiveProducers.

Ican'thelpbutwonderiftheinherentconflictinKubrickand

Spielberg'odisjointed

khadadim,cynicalviewofhumannature.

(WhatelcouldonesayaboutthemanbehindAClockwork

OrangeandEyesWideShut?)Spielberg,ontheotherhand,isan

othsides,

isattimeslife-affirmingandpositive;atothers,coldandgrim.

Thefilm'sfinalhalf-hourisacuriosity,andnotasuccessfulone-

aprolonged,needlespiloguewhichforce-feedsusacatharsis

thatfeelsasfalasitixtraneoustoanotherwifinestory.

Thereisnodoubtthattheconcluding30minutesareall

Spielberg;theoutstandingquestioniswhereKubrick'svisionleft

offandSpielberg'sbegan.

encefictionre-interpretationof"Pinocchio"(astory

thefilmfrequentlyreferences)crosdwith"Frankenstein".

Eventstakeplaceinafuturistictting,wheretheriofthe

oceanshasswallowedupasidecitieslikeNewYorkand

Amsterdam,whereNewJeryremblesanAmazonrainforest,

andwherethesin-and-xcenteroftheplanetisaplacecalled

RougeCity,whichresidesacrosstheDelawarefromNewJery

(perhapsthisiswhatbecomesofPhiladelphia).Thisfuture,as

imaginedbySpielbergandhistdesigners,iverybitasawe-

inspiringaswhatRidleyScottbroughttothescreeninBlade

Cityisstunning,andthewaterloggedruinsofManhattanare

hauntinglybeautiful.

ThestorycentersaroundDavid(HaleyJoelOsment),achild

substitute"mecha"whoreprentsthefirstofhistype-a

ca,theobjectofhis

incompletely-understoodemotionishis"mother",Monica

Swinton(FrancesO'Connor).Monica'shusband,Henry(Sam

Robards),whobroughtDavidhomeasapilotprojectfromhis

workplace,CybertronicsofNewJery,ismorewaryoftherobot

,whenoneofDavid'sactionndangersMonicaand

Henry'snaturalson,Martin(JakeThomas),Monicaisforcedto

takeDavidintothewoodsand"lo"icklyfoundby

agroupofanti-robotfanatics,and,whilebeingheldcaptiveby

them,hebefriendsGigoloJoe(JudeLaw),whobecomesan

ereal-lifesciencesurrounding

thedevelopmentofArtificialIntelligence,themovieistop-heavy

lifeandwhereisthe

linethatdividesntiencefromaprogrammedrespon?Ifa

robotcangenuinelyloveaperson,whatresponsibilitydoesthat

personbearinreturn?Howcananimmortalrobotcopewith

outlivingitsorganiccreators?WritersfromMaryShelleytoIsaac

Asimovhavebeenfascinatedbythedilemmas.(Thefilm

BicentennialMan,whichexploressimilarterrain,isbadonan

Asimov-pennedpiece.)PerhapsSpielbergattemptstoomuch

degree,bytryingtotacklealloftheissues,

readsare

droppedatanalarmingrate.

bitiousfilmthat,whenitmissitsmark,doesso

iptdoesnotinsultthe

audience'sintelligence,anditgetsusthinkingabout"bigissues",

suchaslove,life,god,'s

unfortunatethatasmuchthoughtdidn'tgointostructuringthe

narrativeaswentintocraftingthemovie'

thowhohavecometoequatesciencefictionwithactionwill

mawithlittleinthewayof

erghasconsciously

slowedthingsdown,relyingonviewers'curiosityabouttheideas

andidentificationwiththecharacterstokeeptheminvolvedin

theproceedings.

Theacting,asisusuallythecawithaSpielbergfilm,istop-

,whoisstillbestknownforeingdeadpeoplein

TheSixthSen,

imbuestheroboticcharacterwithgenuinehumanity,but,by

slightlyexaggeratinghismannerismsandsomevocalinflections,

hisissubtle;

therearenoherky-jerkymovementsandhedoesnotspeakina

sO'Connor(theAustralianactresswhostarred

inMansfieldPark),in

thepartofGigoloJoe,anandroidmadetogivewomenpleasure,

ays-dourWilliamHurt

playsDavid'screator(healsorvesasthemouthpieceformuch

ofthefilm's

exposition-hegivesverallong,wordyspeeches).There

arealsonumerousvocalcameos,includingthelikesofRobin

WilliamsandBenKingsley.

ckmovieoraSpielbergproduction?Since

thefilm,whichsuffersfromacaofsplitpersonality,can'tem

tomakeupitsmind,howarewesuppodto?Perhapsthemore

relevantquestioniswhetherit'weristhat,

forallofitsunderdevelopedpotentialandtruncatedsubplots,

there'itacaptivating

experience.