Simone (2002 film)
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[[Elvis Mitchell]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said, "The writer-director Mr. Niccol is satirizing the kinds of dazzling empties he himself has made. [Mr. Niccol is] fascinated with surfaces—the films he's been involved with (he wrote ''[[The Truman Show]]'' and wrote and directed ''[[Gattaca]]'') are a mix of populism and deconstruction. His newest effort, ''Simone'', goes beyond postmodern to post-entertainment—it's tepid and vapid."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/movies/film-review-got-it-all-except-a-life.html|title=Film Review: Got It All (Except a Life)|last=Mitchell|first=Elvis|author-link=Elvis Mitchell|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 23, 2002|access-date=July 17, 2020|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718052321/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/movies/film-review-got-it-all-except-a-life.html|archive-date=July 18, 2020|url-status=live}} |
[[Elvis Mitchell]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said, "The writer-director Mr. Niccol is satirizing the kinds of dazzling empties he himself has made. [Mr. Niccol is] fascinated with surfaces—the films he's been involved with (he wrote ''[[The Truman Show]]'' and wrote and directed ''[[Gattaca]]'') are a mix of populism and deconstruction. His newest effort, ''Simone'', goes beyond postmodern to post-entertainment—it's tepid and vapid."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/movies/film-review-got-it-all-except-a-life.html|title=Film Review: Got It All (Except a Life)|last=Mitchell|first=Elvis|author-link=Elvis Mitchell|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 23, 2002|access-date=July 17, 2020|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718052321/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/movies/film-review-got-it-all-except-a-life.html|archive-date=July 18, 2020|url-status=live}} |
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==Prophetic reality== |
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While S1m0ne was regarded as unrealistic at the time it appeared, 20+ years later we live in an age of [[AI]] and [[deepfake]]s that make the core idea of a fake virtual performer very much a reality. We can see this in the concrete example of a fake virtual artist using the same name as the real [[Solomon Ray]], the fake becoming for a time the most popular Christian artist in the USA. See [https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/solomon-ray-ai-christian-music-soul-singer/ Solomon Ray AI Christian music soul singer].b |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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