![]() When Rooney Mara makes a sharp appearance as Theo’s ex-wife, her incredulousness at his inability to date a real woman is both a relief and off base. Theodore and Samantha’s problems are normal-affections don’t always align, or the two project too much onto each other-and singular: for instance, the fact that Samantha has no physical body. What follows is a relationship drama that’s complicated, meaty, and challenging in its implications. He’s happy to comply, showing her his world as if it were new to him too. Spike Jonze is famous for his high-concept films like Being John Malkovich or Where the Wild Things Are that use very unorthodox premises to provide for real and relevant insight into the human mind and/or soul, as it relates to connective thread of life experience. The first trailer for Spike Jonze’s new movie Her was released last week and generated a rush of positive buzz. Her job is to keep track of Theo’s affairs, but Samantha is interested in more, being curious about Twombly as her link to the corporeal. The facts are these: in a not-so-distant-future Los Angeles, Theodore upgrades his OS from the generic to “Samantha” (voiced by Scarlett Johansson, in her trademark tones), artificially intelligent and with a constantly evolving understanding of the world. ![]() Jonze to create a line to be introduced in his stores this week, one that echoes. Improbable, yes, but Jonze treats the affections of Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix, a manchild disguised in wool slacks) as perfectly natural rather than transgressive, forcing a comparison between the carefully crafted tomorrow of the film and our present-day world that makes the story all the more resonant. That muted vision had a visceral appeal for Humberto Leon, a partner in Opening Ceremony, who collaborated with Mr. ![]() It’s easy to imagine the elevator pitch for Spike Jonze’s latest: a man falls in love with his computer operating system. ![]()
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