Based on a short story by Stanislav Lem. This is the second time I've opened this movie, and the first time I watched the slow beginning, I didn't watch it.
In general, the film is divided into two parts: live-action and animation, unreal and reality.
Part 1: The movie begins with the out-of-date actress Robin facing a contract with McRae to scan her own image into a computer and take her place as an actor. A full one-third of the footage is performed, expressing a worry about the future of data instead of movie actors and everything being replaced by computers. Meanwhile, Robin's son and daughter live with her in a warehouse at an abandoned airport. Son Aaron suffers from severe vision problems and loves kite flying, and Robin signed a 20-year contract. In the era of big data in the future, will everything be replaced by computers, and is it necessary to reflect the value of people?
In the second part, Robin was invited to the Futurology Conference 20 years later. Her film was a great success, and many people imitated Robin's image. This is the world of animation, where people take McLamon's drugs. Have fun, renew Robin's contract again at McLamont and develop chemicals that can turn anyone into anyone. At the presentation conference, Robin scolded people for being content with pleasure, losing themselves, and indulging in false beauty. The rebels attacked, and Robin was frozen after inhaling a hallucinogen overdose. Years later, when Robin wakes up, Dylan becomes her guide, giving her love and care, and getting medicine from him to bring her back to reality, because she can't let go of her son Aaron.
The third part: In reality, people are ragged, confused, sick, and dilapidated buildings, which form a strong contrast with the beauty of the virtual world. Only a group of people aboard the airship remained awake, in uniform, symbolizing those in power. The new world is being formed, the old world is about to be abandoned, what are these last people resisting? Fear of losing power, ego, or an uncertain future? At the end of the movie, Robin came to the doctor and learned that his son had waited for him for 19 years and went to the new world when he was about to die. Robin relives Aaron's life and returns to the new world to find his son.
Throughout the story, Robin is obsessed with finding his son. This is not only family affection, but also Robin's connection with the real world and his obsession to return to the real world. When the kite string breaks, Robin is lost in the virtual world. False beauty and reality cruelty, how to choose? It's you, what would you do?
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