Romance 2.0: Upgrade Today!

August 15, 2006 1:13 AM

Romance 2.0 : Jan-M. Studt's writing/directing debut. "Businesswoman Sarah Townsend looked back on a successful day when a promising, unknown man called on her 3D-holophone. Too bad the holophone technique isn't very advanced yet. And men are not what they used to be..." (German with English subtitles.)
posted by Orb (14 comments total)

More can be learned about the movie at the official German web site (German language only), where it can also be downloaded in a variety of formats and sizes.
posted by Orb at 1:14 AM on August 15, 2006

I liked the way that everything looks as though it was designed by Apple. Including the wardrobe. And the content ownership model.
posted by lodurr at 4:20 AM on August 15, 2006

Liked the noise for arriving calls.
posted by A189Nut at 4:42 AM on August 15, 2006

O brave new world, that has such people in it.
posted by adamrice at 7:18 AM on August 15, 2006

Wow, the future of interior decorating looks easy to set up and well under budget.
posted by squirrel at 7:42 AM on August 15, 2006

posted by StrasbourgSecaucus at 7:44 AM on August 15, 2006

Look out for the luddites.
posted by jeffburdges at 7:50 AM on August 15, 2006

You know, that seems like what people in 1950 thought life in 1970 was going to look like. And people in 1960 thought what 1980 would look like. And people in 1970 thought what 1990 would be like. And people in 1980 ...
posted by elmwood at 8:12 AM on August 15, 2006

... like what people in 1950 thought life in 1970 was going to look like. And people in 1960 thought what 1980 would look like. And people in 1970 thought what 1990 would be like. And people in 1980 ....
posted by lodurr at 8:15 AM on August 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

This reminds me of that short, surrealistic movie about a world dominated by the iPod theme. I don't recall the name, and I can't seem to find it. There's a woman in a deli shop, buying slices of iPod, and it ends with a man stumbling into the street on fire. It's actually very well done, and doesn't require reading tiny subtitles.
posted by squirrel at 8:26 AM on August 15, 2006

Everything looks pretty space age except the guy on the holophone. That kind of ruins it for me. Also people of the future will all speak english, Star Trek is proof of that, even the aliens spoke english.
posted by doctor_negative at 9:04 AM on August 15, 2006

But we all know that hats make a major comeback when Apple rules all !!
posted by jeffburdges at 10:06 AM on August 15, 2006

Anyone remember the Jetsons?
posted by patry at 10:23 AM on August 15, 2006

Nice, best of the web.
posted by jouke at 1:29 PM on August 15, 2006