So many promises about the future have not come to pass. My jacket doesn’t size itself; I still need to tie my own shoelaces, and flying cars remain a work of fiction. I’m basing a lot of this on Back to the Future Part II, but do you have a better North Star for where you thought we’d be in the year 2026? No? Yeah, I didn’t think so. While the age of AI is upon us, it feels like we’re years away from live-in robots helping us with mundane tasks, like laundry, the dishes, and preparing meals. However, in the trailer for Taika Waititi‘s Klara and the Sun, a robot girl designed to prevent loneliness becomes much more than a means for a family to mend their broken hearts.
What’s Klara and the Sun about?
Taika Waititi directs Klara and the Sun from a script he co-wrote with David Heyman, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. While the film synopsis barely has any meat on the bone, the description for Ishiguro’s novel provides a decent outline of the story’s events:
“From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change forever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.”
In Waititi We Trust
Waititi’s trailer for Klara and the Sun paints an arresting picture of a future in which robots can serve as service animals, tending to our emotions with care. Oretga radiates positivity (a far cry from her portrayal of Wednesday Addams), while Natasha Lyonne has a bridge in Brooklyn she’d like to sell you. Amy Adams also stars in this fascinating science-fiction tale as a woman with much to hide. The tone of Waititi’s Klara and the Sun trailer bounces from boundless optimism to deep, dark secrecy, and if there’s a filmmaker who can successfully balance the two, it’s Waititi. Klara and the Sun has been on my must-watch list for months, and everything I’m seeing in today’s new trailer looks fantastic. I’ll be going to the theater on the weekend of October 23 for this one. How about you?
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