Looker

And the elements that went into Looker really were concerns about this incredible focus on beauty, this idea of perfection. The extent to which we’re all directed by, driven by, advertising and the notion that this emphasis on advertising becomes more extreme as the competition among advertisers increases, that there’s going to be an increasing kind of artifice that appears not only in the ads, but appears in ordinary life as well. Beautiful models are murdered after undergoing mysteriously precise cosmetic surgery. A woman uncovers a plot to replace real people with computer generated images in this action thriller. “From the beginning, I tried to write what I thought was a ridiculous story where people were enticed by computer-animated images.” said the author/movie maker. “It was meant to be a comedy originally. Then when we went around to animation houses asking for bids, this odd thing happened, which was that nobody we talked to said, ‘what a bizarre idea’ or ‘how silly.’ Finally we had a guy who said, ‘Well, of course you know everyone’s doing this work … this is the hot new field,’” “One month ago, drug trials of morladone, para-amino benzadone, and triamiline were concluded. Benson showed no improvement on any drug or combination of drugs. He was therefore a stage two – drug-resistent ADL syndrome. And he was scheduled for a stage-three surgical procedure, which we will discuss today.” She paused. “Before I bring him in,” she said, “I think I should add that yesterday afternoon he attacked a gas-station attendant and beat the man rather badly. His operation is scheduled for tomorrow and we have persuaded the police to release him in our custody. But he is still technically awaiting arraignment on charges of assault and battery.” The room was silent as she turned, and went to bring in Benson. Looker is a totally visual story. It has amazingly little dialogue in it. It’s just picture, picture, picture, and you make the connections on the basis of what you see.