Werner Herzog's Family Romance, LLC reveals the closing gap between humans and artificial intelligence
4 years, 6 months ago

Werner Herzog's Family Romance, LLC reveals the closing gap between humans and artificial intelligence

Firstpost  

South African cleric, Desmond Tutu, once famously said, “You don’t choose your family.” But German filmmaker Werner Herzog’s Japanese film Family Romance, LLC seems to believe otherwise. Last year, a popular news story in The New Yorker exposed Japan’s ‘rent-a-family-member’ industry to the world, which has several other players besides just this one firm. In fact, the article extends its purview to other Japanese players in the industry, including Hiroki Terai’s Ikemeso Takkyubin, or the company that rents out ‘attractive men’ to wipe the tears of crying Japanese women. In Family Romance, LLC, a scene shows Ishii inquiring into a plush hotel run mostly by robots, including front-desk operations.

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Review: Werner Herzog contemplates rent-a-family culture
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Review: Werner Herzog contemplates rent-a-family culture

LA Times  

In the curiosity shop that is the oeuvre of filmmaker Werner Herzog, “Family Romance, LLC” fits right in. Though a slighter offering, it continues Herzog’s fascination with the enigmatic nature of humanity, this time via the longstanding Japanese phenomenon of renting people to pose as relatives, friends or colleagues. The film opens with a longish scene in which a father …

Family Romance, LLC review: Werner Herzog takes an empathetic look at the rent-a-relative industry
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Family Romance, LLC review: Werner Herzog takes an empathetic look at the rent-a-relative industry

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Werner Herzog, a true doyen of film, finds inspiration in the …

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