Thanks to A.I., “Am I looking at something real?”
is an increasingly common question faced by internet users.
That same line-blurring is the heart of director Garth Davis' new sci-fi filmFoe.
Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal in ‘Foe’.Amazon Studios
An exclusive clip from the film (shown in the video above) presents Terrance’s arrival.
“What drew me to the book was the central relationship.
That’s the beating heart of the story,” Davis tells EW.
Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan in ‘Foe.'.Amazon Studios
I’m also fascinated by identity and how do you know what is real?
That’s not unique to artificial intelligence.
In a longterm relationship, do we lose our identity?
Paul Mescal in ‘Foe.'.Amazon Studios
Do we get replaced by our partner’s identity?"
At first,Foemight seem like a paradoxical movie.
So, when that A.I.
becomes human, how are we gonna react to it?
Are we gonna treat it like the chickens?"
In this movie, at least, they do.
The key scene ofFoecomes near the end, when the movie’s sci-fi twist is revealed.
substitute who has been led to believe he was real.
“I wanted it to feel as alarming as the chicken factory,” Davis says of A.I.
Junior’s death scene.
“They strip him down and kill him like an animal because he’s not human.
That bubbles up in the performance.
It’s almost like he’s looking back at himself when he used to be free.”
He’s allowing it to happen.
It’s a real rabbit hole."
Foeis playing now in theaters.
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