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Her (2013)

Film

DirectorSpike Jonze

Meta takes3

Figures

Locations

The futuristic Los Angeles/Shanghai cityscape → The Non-Place

Form & technique

The film's overall mise-en-scène and pastel color palette
Samantha's voice (vocal performance by Scarlett Johansson) → The Unseen Voice
The "sex scene" mediated by a human surrogate, Isabella

Tropes

Samantha, the artificially intelligent operating system
Theodore's job at BeautifulHandwrittenLetters.com → The Smile Tax
Theodore Twombly's character
The relationship between Theodore and Samantha

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