
Shot on mini dv entirely against a green screen, "Able Edwards" is a story about the clone of a famous entertainment mogul created to revive the glory days of his deceased predecessor's corporation. In the process of restoring reality entertainment to a synthetic, virtual world, the clone relizes he has yet to live as his own man.... (Full plot summary below)
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Shot on mini dv entirely against a green screen, "Able Edwards" is a story about the clone of a famous entertainment mogul created to revive the glory days of his deceased predecessor's corporation. In the process of restoring reality entertainment to a synthetic, virtual world, the clone relizes he has yet to live as his own man.
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| User ReviewJulie FIt is truly a tongue-in-cheek "Citizen Kane"-ing of a futuristic Walt Disney, but so much more. The movie is low budget, but still has a high quality of image - it does not look like a home video. More than anything it has the same feel of â??The Saddest Music in the Worldâ?? with a stationary camera. To complement the use of black and white, the movie is peppered with generic 50â??s / 60â??s archival footage that adds to the kitsch. I appreciated that the special effects were appropriate. They did not dominate the performances and looked just cheesy enough to belong in a â??Bâ?? movie (without being able to see any strings). More than anything, it is obvious that this probable cult classic was an absolute scream to make. |
| User ReviewPrivate UGoofy moments(acting and technical)aside, this is pretty darn entertaining. Like a low budget sci-fi Citizen Kane. |
| User ReviewWalter MInteresting film, in that it was produced by Steven Soderbergh and is the first film shot entirely with green-screen environments. This is its point of interest, but also its downfall. The technology was not yet quite up to the task and the ideas meant to be conveyed are loftier than the cast and crew had the talent to pull off. The acting is stiff, the writing barely inspired, and the direction seems to have come from a man in over his head. Still, it's worth checking out and if you're able (no pun intended) to step outside of the story and watch the film as just that, a film work, the subject matter concerning real v. artificial becomes even more intriguing. |