Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control....Robots?

I'm sure everyone picked up on the line in the documentary where the title came from. The robot builder was speaking of the way they build robots-- they build them quickly, they build them to be cost efficient, and sometimes they are out of control. One would assume, before seeing this part of the film, that the title had some grander, more metaphorical meaning referring to life or some major aspect of it-- this not being robots. While I think the drudgery of the last weeks of school got in the way of my enjoyment of this film, in retrospect, it is a remarkable work of art. The cinematography is not like any I've ever seen--so beautifully done that it invokes emotion and deep thought. Along with the music and the editing--it tells its story extremely well. But what story are they really trying to tell? They can't really be trying to show you the glamorous life of a topiary gardner or the extravagant, out of control ways of a naked mole rat specialist....of course not! I think they are trying personalize the issue of the human condition---trying to bring it down to a very real level by introducing these 4 average joe characters with really personable jobs. I think, if that was their intention, then they met their goal successfully.
I'm done rambling.....hope it makes sense.....
Puckett