Morgan BellREVIEW: The Final Cut
April 8th 2008 12:02
Directed & Written: Omar Naim
Starring: Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, The Birdcage), Mira Sorvino (Romy & Michelle, At First Sight, Quiz Show), Jim Caviezel (Frequency, Pay It Forward, Déjà Vu)
This is a very interesting sci-fi concept which made me think a great deal. In the near future there is a technology to implant a chip in a babies heads to record all the images it sees and sounds it hears during the span of its life, at death the company who implants the chip produces a movie of the persons life called a "rememberance" for all of his/her loved ones to watch and help them remember the person who has passed. It is the duty of The Cutter (Williams) to edit the raw footage with a computer program to create a touching tribute to highlight all the good things the person did with their life . . . but by the same token he is in a unique position to be privy to all the bad things a person did with their life including adultery, violence, corruption, child sexual abuse, or other crime . . . and it is his duty to ignore and delete all that he sees that could ruin the customers reputation. This film explores the issues of privacy and whether parents should have the right to impose technology on their children. The technology itself makes every person a potential security camera and it is at the parents discretion if and when they make the child aware that their every move is being recorded. Williams uncovers a clue to a childhood mystery in the memory chip of a very controversial man which leads to him uncovering secrets about himself. You will like The Final Cut if you enjoy a good ethical dilemma or films like Gattaga.
Starring: Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, The Birdcage), Mira Sorvino (Romy & Michelle, At First Sight, Quiz Show), Jim Caviezel (Frequency, Pay It Forward, Déjà Vu)
This is a very interesting sci-fi concept which made me think a great deal. In the near future there is a technology to implant a chip in a babies heads to record all the images it sees and sounds it hears during the span of its life, at death the company who implants the chip produces a movie of the persons life called a "rememberance" for all of his/her loved ones to watch and help them remember the person who has passed. It is the duty of The Cutter (Williams) to edit the raw footage with a computer program to create a touching tribute to highlight all the good things the person did with their life . . . but by the same token he is in a unique position to be privy to all the bad things a person did with their life including adultery, violence, corruption, child sexual abuse, or other crime . . . and it is his duty to ignore and delete all that he sees that could ruin the customers reputation. This film explores the issues of privacy and whether parents should have the right to impose technology on their children. The technology itself makes every person a potential security camera and it is at the parents discretion if and when they make the child aware that their every move is being recorded. Williams uncovers a clue to a childhood mystery in the memory chip of a very controversial man which leads to him uncovering secrets about himself. You will like The Final Cut if you enjoy a good ethical dilemma or films like Gattaga.
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