AUTOMATA – Blade Runner meets Lucy

AUTOMATA is “Blade Runner” in 3D, “I Robot” with a twist,  “Lucy” in machine version, in short: It’s a Science-Fiction as it should be. In fact, it reminded me a little of a Stanislaw Lem classic. As in BLADE RUNNER it wouldn’t have needed the explanation at the beginning, AUTOMATA does speak for itself with really strong photography, great effects and a marvellous soundtrack (including some Händel baroque music). Needless to say that the acting is flawless. Finally, FINALLY, another great sci-fi movie. YAY! Antonio Banderas himself presented the film he stars in at Zurich Film Festival as an out of contest Special in ZFF’s San Sebastian” window. One little thing from a girl living nearby Zeppelin town (Friedrichshafen)? I’m not convinced that the Luftschiffe in the movie would stay where they do with the wind (that’s what irked CargoLifter so much), but then again, maybe they aren’t Zeppelins at all …