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Simone (2002)
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What do you do when you've discovered a new superstar... and she doesn't really exist? That's the delightful premise of Simone, another smart, provocative what-if scenario from writer-director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca), whose script for The Truman Show offered a similarly skewed example of manipulated perceptions. Combining equal parts screwball comedy, Hollywood satire, and technological extrapolation, Simone grapples with the inevitable use of digital "synthespians," existing only as malleable computer code, and "performing" to the whims of the programmer. In this case it's a has-been movie director (Al Pacino, in...
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So, I go from the Jack Wyatt character in Bewitched to an equally obnoxious actor, who leaves director Viktor Taransky in a lurch. Viktor has a solution that involves a bit of magic - computer magic. Al Pacino, who plays Viktor, is probably the greatest actor alive today. Is that over the top? I don't think so. Look at the...
(complete Simone review by B Movie Ben)
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(3/14/2007)