Spike Jonze “I’m Here”
It’s no secret. I love all things Spike Jonze. As a director, he has yet to have a hiccup in his work and only seems to become more creative and cerebral.
His three feature films are perfect: Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Where the Wild Things Are. And his music videos were cutting edge and impossible to forget.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Notorious B.I.G. “Sky’s the Limit”
Right now, the Sundance Film Festival is in full swing.
Right now, an audience is watching Spike Jonze’s latest creation, a 31 minute short entitled I’m Here. And it’s getting rave reviews. Reading the premise of the short film is puzzling.
I’m Here is a robot love story celebrating a life enriched by creativity. The movie is set in contemporary L.A., where life moves at a seemingly regular pace with the exception of a certain amount of robot residents who love among the population. A male robot librarian lives a solitary and methodical life — devoid of creativity, joy and passion – until he meets an adventurous and free spirited female robot.
So it’s a robot love story. Kind of.
After further research, I found that it feels like a modern-day retelling of Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree”. If you never read this book, you were never a child. Jonze has admitted to the Silverstein influence, naming the main character of this film “Sheldon” in honor of the poet and storyteller.
Check out the trailer for his short film. IFC is rumored to be close to striking a deal with Jonze to distribute the film on their channel. That can’t come soon enough.
