Archives (film)
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| Original title | Archives |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2020 |
| length | 109 minutes |
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| Director | Gavin Rothery |
| script | Gavin Rothery |
| production |
Philip Herd , Cora Palfrey , Theo James |
| music | Steven Price |
| camera | Laurie Rose |
| cut | Adam Biskupski |
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Archive is a science fiction fantasy thriller by Gavin Rothery that was released as video-on-demand in July 2020 in the USA. The film deals with the idea of “archiving” consciousness for a limited time by transferring the spirit or the “soul” into technology and that this does not mean that biological death is the end of life.
action
In the year 2038. Two and a half years after the start of a three-year research contract, the software programmer and mechanical engineer George Almore is on the verge of a breakthrough. He is stationed in a secret facility code-named "The Garden" in a snow-covered mountain near Kyoto and has been working on a model that resembles a real android, with the physique and mental capabilities of an adult woman. His prototype of a real artificial intelligence is almost ready. This most sensitive phase of his work is also the riskiest because he has to hide his real goal from his superiors. He wants to use the archived, digitized consciousness of his dead wife Jules in the humanoid robot J3 to revive her. His first two prototypes, J1 and J2, had a box-shaped robot shape and had not got beyond the intelligence of a toddler or adolescent. J3, however, comes very close to a real person, both visually and in terms of the feelings she develops for him.
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Stacy Martin plays Jules and the androids J2 and J3,
the British Theo James their creator George Almore |
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It is in archives around the directorial debut of Gavin Rothery , who was primarily responsible for the visual effects in the past, so for the Think Tank Studios at Moon by Duncan Jones .
Theo James , who was also involved as one of the producers, took on the role of George Almore. Rhona Mitra plays George's superior Simone, Toby Jones the managing director of the ARCHIVE Company Vincent Sinclair. Stacy Martin plays George's late wife Jules and lends her voice to the three androids J1, J2 and J3, while she also embodies the latter two.
The shooting took place in Hungary in autumn 2018. Laurie Rose acted as cameraman .
The film music was composed by Oscar winner Steven Price . The soundtrack album, which includes 12 tracks, was released for download on July 10, 2020 by Milan Records.
A first trailer was presented in June 2020. The film was released as video-on-demand in the USA on July 10, 2020.
reception
The film has so far won over 70 percent of Rotten Tomatoes ' critics .
Guy Lodge from Variety writes in his review that Gavin Rothery used various science fiction films, such as Ex Machina , and set pieces from Black Mirror for his debut film and thus created a high-tech creation by the scientist Frankenstein.
Web links
- Archive in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Archives in the program of the South by Southwest Film Festival (English)
- Archive - Official Trailer from Vertical Entertainment on YouTube (Video, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archives. In: independentfilmcompany.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ↑ a b c Guy Lodge: 'Archives': Film Review. In: Variety, July 9, 2020.
- ↑ a b Eric Francisco: 'Archive' review: Gorgeous new sci-fi with a gut-punch twist ending. In: inverse.com, July 9, 2020.
- ↑ Tom Grater: First look at Theo James in Gavin Rothery's sci-fi 'Archive'. In: screendaily.com, February 9, 2019.
- ↑ https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/archive-movie-review-2020
- ↑ Stewart Clarke: Stacy Martin Joins Gavin Rothery's Sci-Fi Movie 'Archive'. In: Variety, October 31, 2018.
- ↑ https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3546149/moon-concept-designer-heads-back-space-archive-efm/
- ↑ 'Archive' soundtrack details. In: filmmusicreporter.com, July 9, 2020.
- ↑ Andrew Liptak: The First Trailer for Archive Teases a Ex Machina-Like Thriller. In: tor.com, June 12, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.filme.de/news/erster-trailer-zum-kommenden-science-fiction-film-archive-vertical-entertainment/
- ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/archive
- ↑ https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/archive-film-review-1234702150/