Analyze the sentient computers found in 2001 (1968), War Games (1983), and Her (2013) (Hal, Joshua, and Samantha) and identify either a repetition (similarity) or adaptation (difference) that you think is important. Discuss what your focus tells us about

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Maria Daniela Ruiz

“You’ve got mail”

The Internet is no longer a new phenomenon, but it has undoubtedly revolutionized the world as it was known 30 years ago. It is a global phenomenon, closely related to communication, but which has a great influence in almost all areas of society. “You’ve got mail” is a movie that demonstrates the main purpose of the Internet is communication: to allow the human being a communication without barriers, which does not take into account the space, nor borders or distances.

“You’ve got mail”revived a good mixed of old and famous songs from the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the work of Harry Nilsson. Listening to the soundtrack while I was watching the movie brought me back many memories that were not specifically related to what was happening in the movie but it personally helped me to find more identification with the characters. Even though the songs are not from this period they are well-known and you can still listen to them on the radio. The director was probably trying to reach that target of making the audience to feel identify with the scenes while making the connection with the music. The film is developed through an urban paradise, a litter-free place full of flowers and friendly passers-by, showing you how two people frequently passed by close to each other without knowing the reality of each other and how their lives were going to change because the used of the internet.

The question is what really makes so obvious about the music in this film. If you listen with enough attention each song has a specific theme that has a relation with special scene or part of the story. The words, the melody, the rhythm and other music aesthetics provides you an overview of what is going happening. Probable some people ask to themselves “why the director selected songs from different singers and styles?”. I believe that the purpose is to have a very clear the contrast between the different emotions exposed in this movie.

The reading about Classical Hollywood Cinema makes reference about how some techniques that directors or filmmakers use. The editing of this movie is very traditional and also makes this love story more inviting for the audience. One of the techniques that is more satisfying for the audience is the Rhythm because it gives, creates that perfect sense of time and pace that keeps the film moving. When to characters work together to execute one action. For example, in this film these two characters did not expect to be together however the director wants the audience to make this expectations creating funny scenes where they find each other in random locations in order to build that relationship throughout the movie with the use of an amazing soundtrack to support to make each scene more memorable and unique.