AVI | 349.9 MiB | 720×400 | XviD @ 1 144 Kbps | English | AC3 @ 384 Kbps – 6 channels | 31mn 47s | Genre: Short | Drama

AVI | 349.9 MiB | 720×400 | XviD @ 1 144 Kbps | English | AC3 @ 384 Kbps – 6 channels | 31mn 47s | Genre: Short | Drama

A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to a the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When this new life and love begin to fall apart, he discovers he has a lot to give. This short film proves that ordinary is no place to be.

I'm Here (2010) (Online Movie)

If you hadn’t heard, Spike Jonze has continued his sustained assault on the short film medium, this time with his long-anticipated “secret robot short film”, I’m Here. This of course is coming on the heels of the Where the Wild Things Are DVD-extra, Higglety Pigglety Pop! and the Kanye West collab, We Were Once a Fairy Tale—a corpus which altogether represents the most attention short film has received from an established feature film director in a generation. And, in his idiosyncratic way, Jonze has once again succeeded in creating something familiar yet weird—beautiful undeniably, yet which will surely be polarizing to audiences.

The film, written by Jonze as well, follows Sheldon, a sad-sack robot existing in a world where such a state doesn’t seem to be a big deal. He works at local library, he rides the bus, he spends his nights in a bare little studio apartment, all the while looking shy and mopey. That changes when he catches the eye of a female robot—a love interest of the indie/reckless/freespirited taxonomy, who enables Sheldon to connect with the world and enjoy himself for perhaps the first time.

Though the short film has been out a few days, I just finally watched it. Like I commented recently with D-I-M, Deus in Machina, it’s hard to get up for 30min short films even if you’re confident of the quality. Despite arriving with fanfare and oozing confident filmmaking, I’m Here had to wait in my own personal line (even while thousands of others had to wait in a virtual line—more on that later). However, now in its afterglow, I confess that the film is nothing if not engrossing, even as I harbor reservations regarding it.

As piece of filmmaking it is an unqualified triumph. From the opening shot the film hits its melancholy groove and captivates. Jonze is a master stylist, and crafts scenes of exquisitely mild depression so well. Via some mysterious personal alchemy of pacing, framing and sound design, Jonze has the remarkable ability to make one feel “present” during a film in a way few filmmakers can, even in the absence of gripping action or dialogue. Despite being a robot film, it forgoes the action, futurism, and even the tech-fetishism normally associated with its ilk, instead focusing its energies into being a mundane relationship drama.

Unfortunately mundane is the correct word. The robot aspect is not pure gimmick as the plot’s ultimate direction is inextricably tied to this mechanical element, and yet for much of the film if you take away the ironic bemusement regarding the substitution of people for robots, you’re left with a very run of the mill romance. Perhaps this is necessary to ultimately sell the third act of the film, but Jonze’s attempt to recreate Lost in Translation via stock romantic set pieces is stilted even while it is frequently gorgeous: like the lens-flared glow from the woods at sunset, or the dreamy montages from the party while Girls “Hellhole Ratrace” surges in the background.

AVI | 349.9 MiB | 720×400 | XviD @ 1 144 Kbps | English | AC3 @ 384 Kbps – 6 channels | 31mn 47s | Genre: Short | Drama

A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to a the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When this new life and love begin to fall apart, he discovers he has a lot to give. This short film proves that ordinary is no place to be.

I'm Here (2010) (Online Movie)

If you hadn’t heard, Spike Jonze has continued his sustained assault on the short film medium, this time with his long-anticipated “secret robot short film”, I’m Here. This of course is coming on the heels of the Where the Wild Things Are DVD-extra, Higglety Pigglety Pop! and the Kanye West collab, We Were Once a Fairy Tale—a corpus which altogether represents the most attention short film has received from an established feature film director in a generation. And, in his idiosyncratic way, Jonze has once again succeeded in creating something familiar yet weird—beautiful undeniably, yet which will surely be polarizing to audiences.

The film, written by Jonze as well, follows Sheldon, a sad-sack robot existing in a world where such a state doesn’t seem to be a big deal. He works at local library, he rides the bus, he spends his nights in a bare little studio apartment, all the while looking shy and mopey. That changes when he catches the eye of a female robot—a love interest of the indie/reckless/freespirited taxonomy, who enables Sheldon to connect with the world and enjoy himself for perhaps the first time.

Though the short film has been out a few days, I just finally watched it. Like I commented recently with D-I-M, Deus in Machina, it’s hard to get up for 30min short films even if you’re confident of the quality. Despite arriving with fanfare and oozing confident filmmaking, I’m Here had to wait in my own personal line (even while thousands of others had to wait in a virtual line—more on that later). However, now in its afterglow, I confess that the film is nothing if not engrossing, even as I harbor reservations regarding it.

As piece of filmmaking it is an unqualified triumph. From the opening shot the film hits its melancholy groove and captivates. Jonze is a master stylist, and crafts scenes of exquisitely mild depression so well. Via some mysterious personal alchemy of pacing, framing and sound design, Jonze has the remarkable ability to make one feel “present” during a film in a way few filmmakers can, even in the absence of gripping action or dialogue. Despite being a robot film, it forgoes the action, futurism, and even the tech-fetishism normally associated with its ilk, instead focusing its energies into being a mundane relationship drama.

Unfortunately mundane is the correct word. The robot aspect is not pure gimmick as the plot’s ultimate direction is inextricably tied to this mechanical element, and yet for much of the film if you take away the ironic bemusement regarding the substitution of people for robots, you’re left with a very run of the mill romance. Perhaps this is necessary to ultimately sell the third act of the film, but Jonze’s attempt to recreate Lost in Translation via stock romantic set pieces is stilted even while it is frequently gorgeous: like the lens-flared glow from the woods at sunset, or the dreamy montages from the party while Girls “Hellhole Ratrace” surges in the background.

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