Robot Stories

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Robot Stories ★★½ 2003

Writer-director Pak's first theatrical venture gazes into the future and imagines the impact that robots and artificial intelligence will have on society via four short stories. Though the central theme is sci-fi, at its core each piece is really an intriguing exploration of timeless human emotions such as grief, death, family, and love. 85m/ C DVD . US Tamlyn Tomita, James Saito, Joshua Spafford, Rea Tajiri, Vin Knight, Gina Quintos, Karen Tse Lee, Glen Kubota, Norma Fire, Tanisha Eanes, Catherine Carota, Wai Ching Ho, Cindy Cheung, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Angel Desai, Olivia Oguma, Sab Shimono, Antonio Roman, John Cariani, Greg Pak, Bill Coelius, Tim Kang, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Vivian Bang, Julie Atlas Muz, Brian Nishii; D: Greg Pak; W: Greg Pak; C: Peter Olsen; M: Rick Knutsen; V: Ari Garin.

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