Edwin Pitcher

I’ve collected sci fi motion pictures my entire life, and it’s the genre I enjoy above all. Archive is a masterpiece, likely to be underrated and under appreciated for years, as most contemporary sci fi seems to be. The movie weaves in and out of human complexity, the most basic of all wants, the theme of loved and lost - and a predictive programming of how we might ultimately impart such aspects of our beings into technology to achieve immortality, or perhaps the realization and disappointment that we’re simply not equipped nor meant to master such things. There’s an elegance to the limited human casting here - which helps the robots stand out on their own - and the other deliberate and masterful layers of isolation. The set is believable, as are the consequences. The movie attempts to defy Nature while being set within Nature, and portrays a somewhat refreshing, if not selfishly naïve effort for one man to concentrate the best of his abilities, and, as the ultimate consequence and evolution of his life’s trials and errors (in labor and love), restore or maintain fidelity, at any cost - a noble and rare theme which really lends contrast to the context of the powerful ending. The movie can make viewers feel they themselves have been transported into the character’s lives, and deaths, human or not. The score is a perfect pairing as well. An entirely thought-provoking experience for those who love the genre!