HIEP HOI HOYTE: HER (10TH ANNIVERSARY)
This March Dutch cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema won a well-deserved Academy Award for his work on Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer and so we’re honoring the Dutch giant and his lived-in yet minimalistic style by bringing one of our favorites back to our cinema, Spike Jonze’s Her, which van Hoytema instilled with a unique retro-like color palette and warm atmosphere.
A sensitive and soulful man earns a living by writing personal letters for other people. Left heartbroken after his marriage ends, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) becomes fascinated with a new operating system which reportedly develops into an intuitive and unique entity in its own right. He starts the program and meets “Samantha” (Scarlett Johansson), whose bright voice reveals a sensitive, playful personality. Though “friends” initially, the relationship soon deepens into love.
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