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Film Analysis: The Man-Machine Miracle

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The Man-Machine Miracle

Haley Joel Osment plays a robot created with the ability to have emotions, dreams and desires in Steven Spielberg’s movie "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," - a sci-fi adaptation of the Pinocchio story. It takes us into amazingly rendered future worlds of humans and the robots they create to serve them. "A.I." begins in a classroom, with a leisurely discussion on the nature of love. From this lecture is born David (Haley Joel Osment), the first robot created with the ability to have complex emotions, dreams and desires. Robots do our work, baby-sit our kids, cure us of diseases, and provide sexual pleasure. But David is different. His job is to be someone 's little boy. He is necessary because pregnancies are strictly …show more content…

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