Robot Stories
Aroview: Four tales concerning the future interraction between humans and robots are explored with effective melodrama and cinematic crafting by Asian-American dir. Pak.
Part 1 concerns a businesswoman's difficulties with a needy robot baby; Part 2 is about a woman who tried to connect with her comatose son with his robot toy collection; Part 3 is set in a robot office environment, where an iPerson (played by Pak) develops feelings for others; Part 4 has a man about to die and unsure whether to whether release his consciousness into a supercomputer.
Although a little earnest at times, viewers will be gratified by the dir.'s economical handling, never padding his ideas with unnecessary narrative, while presenting a coolly-fashioned series of future worlds.
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