When my group was working on our experiment this week, we
discussed the movie Her a lot and how
the uncanny is very much present within it.
Now some may disagree, but regardless, whether it was intentional or not
is of course left to the individual viewer. Personally I think the uncanny was
intentionally placed in it, yes it was a “love story” because Spike Jonze
literally calls it “Her” a love story by Spike Jonze, by the other major theme
of it is-is what Theodore and Samantha (the ios system) had actually love? I decided for my self that it wasn’t love,
because she can’t have feelings, even though it felt like at times she did—I
maintained that distance and didn’t by into it (Not that I didn’t enjoy the
movie, I loved it and it was flawless).
I think I didn’t by into it because the un-comfort-ability of the
thought of something like that actually happening was not something I could
actually believe. It was too out thee
and off-putting. It was uncanny, and
kind of scary that in a couple of decades that could be a reality. People dating computer systems as those
computer systems are simultaneously dating hundreds of thousands of other
humans. I think a feeling of uncanny
could be a valuable sensibility for artists to develop because I think the uncanny
forces us to see things or feel things that shake us out of our sometimes
mundane day to day lives and that sense off-ness can lead to a lot of
inspiration of how to interpret old things in new ways and could lead to greater
creativity and discovery. Any jolt for
the usual can teach us something depending upon how keenly aware we are with
the change.
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