Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

I wonder what I would've felt if I saw this film when I was younger...
I enjoyed watching a character Gigolo Joe (Jude Law) in the film. So, I read an interview about Jude Law. In the interview, he talks about how he prepared for his role.

"I kept saying, "This is really hard to prepare for--what should I be reading? What should I be doing?" [...] I kept calling him (Steven Spielberg), saying, "What am I meant to be thinking about?" and he kept saying, "Stick to the movement, think of the movement." I had to teach my body to think about every move. While studying dance, I became obsessed with Bob Fosse and films like All That Jazz [1979] and Cabaret [1972]. Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire; they were kind of my study points. [...] When you step back and watch people, you realize that we use every single body part. Movement, dance--I find it genius because it's ultimate expression, really."

I've been filming Yanira, a visiting choreographer at FSU, and one of the things she's done is to take a scene from "Elephant" (directed by Gus Van Sant) and put it into her piece. She and her dancers watched the scene and learned the movements. Movements such as crying, walking, and comforting. It was fascinating to watch it because I never saw a film as media to study human movements although that's something I spent time on for my projects. I remember telling actors, "it feels natural" or "it looks right to me" based on how they moved, walked, or stood. I'm curious about what I'll find if I pay more attention to movements in a film. Thanks.