Thomas in Love
September. 03,2000Thomas Thomas is agoraphobic, has a computer-generated girlfriend, and hasn't left his home in years. Can a prostitute convince him to leave cyberspace and his home for the real world?
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Just what I expected
Don't listen to the negative reviews
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
"Thomas In Love (Thomas est amoureux)" is one of the most creative imaginings of social life in the future I've seen since "Gattaca." So many sci fi movies are only technology oriented, while "Thomas" is about people. It entertainingly satirizes and compares the meaning and purposes of erotic video games, cyber/virtual sex and computer dating services with basic human relationships. The plot twists and turns so I'm not exactly sure which characters/institutions are manipulating whom to whose advantage and goals. The conceit of never seeing the face of the protagonist works ingeniously as you see all the action from his, and only his, perspective, specifically his computer terminal.When "Thomas" comes out in video, it could become a cult hit if it dubs the French-speaking Belgians; this is the first foreign film I've ever seen that I might be willing to watch dubbed on the small screen as reading the subtitles changes the video-vision sub-text.(originally written 8/19/01)
Thomas est amoureux (Thomas in Love) is perhaps one of the most unique and interesting films that I've seen. Although the introduction featuring 'Sextoon' could easily make it dismissable as a film about sex, hang on for a bit and you will discover quite an intelligent film.It is the not-too-distant future and Thomas is an agoraphobe (one with fear of open air) who has kept himself in his apartment for eight years, communicating only by videophone functionality on his computer. He is advised to try dating services by his psychologist and meets women via the service, one of which starts to change his life.The entire movie is filmed from the perspective of Thomas' computer screen, this itself gives the film a very unique effect. What also makes this movie interesting is Thomas' development of character - not only is it done very well, it is interesting to see how love can affect an agoraphobe, how he affects other people via the videophone, and how other people affect him. The way the future is portrayed is also quite interesting.There isn't much to criticise the movie on (one could argue that there was quite a bit of explicit content, but it does seem necessary). That said, it isn't really a masterpiece. But it's still an interesting and impressive film. Recommended.
Here are 5 reasons why one would like to see Renders' Thomas in Love: 1. As long as the film, you look at a computer screen without getting bored, it is fun. 2. If you are interested in the near future of computer technology, Thomas visualizes that for you. 3. If you are interested in psychology, Thomas is about the need for communication and love, of a human being. 4. Thomas questions the virtual part of our lives. 5. If you are interested in space, you will find some spaces in Thomas in different media.
Movie shot with unusual perspective, where everything is seen through the eyes of the main character constantly staring at a monitor. The digital society depicted is reminescent of Ballard yet less cynical. Way too convincing to be labelled as "sci-fi", excellent work