Her is a 2013 American romantic sicence fiction comedy-drama film written, directed and produced by Spike Jonze. It tells the story of Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an intelligent computer operating system personified through a female voice.
The film was not very well-received in Spain, in fact I talked about it in class on Thursday and nobody had even heard of it. However, I did enjoy it. I like Joaquin Phoenix (you can't deny his versatility as an actor), the setting (that techno-perfect Los Angeles of the near future), Scarlett Johansson's sexy voice, and above all I love Theodore Twombly.
He is a lonely guy with an unattractive moustache and glasses who wears the
high-waisted slacks that have apparently become fashionable for men in
this era. He has an entirely unironic job in a company called
BeautifulHandwrittenLetters.com in a "creative" office space: Theodore
composes special-occasion letters for the tongue-tied, the inarticulate
and the illiterate, and his firm's state-of-the-art software will print
out authentic-looking handwritten drafts of his dictation.
The idea that there is a market for such a niche luxury service in the near future fascinates me. It is a profitable one too, since Theodore lives in a spectacular apartment, and his material
comfort does not appear to be affected by a nasty, ongoing divorce from
Catherine (Rooney Mara).
And finally here's a scene with a moving dialogue about books as a metaphor for relationships.
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