If you’ve heard of the movie Robot Dreams It was named one of the Top Five Best Animated Feature nominees at this year’s Oscars, prompting “What the hell is this?” you are not alone. This brave little film, directed by Spanish filmmaker Pablo Berger, had a delightful time making its way to the United States.… Read More »
Released from Neon on an undisclosed date this year, Pablo Berger’s “Robot Dreams” was one of the animation delights of 2023. The hand-drawn Spanish/French drama film (adapted from Sarah Varon’s wordless graphic novel) is a bittersweet tale of friendship between lonely Dog and Robot in a version of ’80s Manhattan that’s populated with animals and… Read More »
No Android or AI is the enemy in “Robot Dreams,” Pablo Berger’s oddball fantasy about a lonely man who finds a friendship manufactured in a blurry image of 1980s New York City. Indeed, the takeaway from this shabby-happy Big Apple portrait, populated only by anthropomorphic animals and surprisingly sentient automatons, is that the world might… Read More »