Harmony CorinMultimedia Design Collective Edglrd may be a new face, but the director takes it a step further by using Baby Faces for AI-Avatars in its latest feature, “Baby invasion. ”
The ultralegalistic, multiplayer FPS game (which is also invoiced as an film) follows a group of mercenar that uses baby faces as avatars to hide their identity. The Official synopsis Reads: “Information by entering mansions about the rich and powerful, players must explore every rabbit hole before the time runs out. When players navigate in this dark web -beed game, the boundaries between the digital and the real world are blur. ”
“Baby Invasion” made its world premiere from the competition at the Venice Film Festival 2024, where IndieWire film editor Ryan Lattanzio wrote in review The Corine’s groundbreaking vision purposefully undermines all audience expectations.
“Harmony Korine will do whatever the hell he wants, and in the case of his disturbing and anti-audience movie” Baby invasion “, he turns trigger-junkie head at the top of a video game in the eyes and ears of a movie,” wrote Lattanzio, “If that is what you call this concerns and the sick, what is free, free from a pill. Lomingly composed new projects, free from a pill, wrote Lattanzio, “If that is what you call this anxiety and sick Compigation new projects, free from a pill, Lattanzio wrote,” If that is what you call this anxiety and sick compigation new project, free from a pill, wrote LATTaging Shiny Happy. (…) “Baby invasion” has a clear focus: it is to make you, the viewer, feel bad and often want to pray to the screen, “please God let this end” or maybe more appropriate, “finish me.” Here is a filmmaker who these days oppose his own audience. Here is a movie for no one. ”
Lattanzio continued, “Baby Invasion” is not interested in what you think about it. This movie does not care if you are watching it, reacting to it or even if you live or death. Its breach of the audience is Gutsy from Korine’s side, a filmmaker who has long not only pressed buttons, but you dared to go down to the wall of can, as much as you can long for. ”
Korines Division “Aggro Dr1ft” Where First Edglrd -rease; It also debuted at Venice during the festival 2023.
“(IF) You don’t crush with the form a bit, what is the point?” Corinic told indifire Of both “Aggro Dr1ft” and “Baby Invasion”, adds “We make movies now in game engines and are working on a movie now that takes place in your living room or in your bedroom. A horror movie where the characters show up from the wardrobe. We are in a place now where the technology really starts” and this idea of world creation That, how do you move with it? How do you create mini worlds? ‘But to do much of it in rooms with our coders and VFX and artificial intelligence. It tells a story, but it is really meant to wash over you. It’s closer “How do you create a digital hypnosis or a technical drug?”
Check out the “baby invasion” trailer below.
