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‘Aire, Just Breathe’ Review: Dystopian Sci-Fi Rooted in Fears of AI and Human Extinction Feels All Too Familiar
A scientist and an adventurer may be humanity’s last hope in 'Aire, Just Breathe,' the Dominican Republic’s pick for the international feature Oscar.
Not just because there’s an ever-growing canon of films that dream up humanity’s worst-case scenarios but because news about climate disasters, headlines about dwindling natural resources and well-founded fears about the encroaching power of AI dominate our day-to-day lives. As Vida begins operating from Tania’s stated directive that the two needn’t need anyone else, their future (and that of humanity) becomes ever more imperiled — all while harsh winds, hostile storms and a noxious atmosphere up above make their world ever more inhospitable to them both. With a brutalist production design that drives home the unfeeling environment in which Tania has ensconced herself as a way to survive, “Aire, Just Breathe” is a desolate vision of the future, one where color has been drained.
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