#Sara Varone

[neutron669]

Sara Varone - photographer unknown

#Sara Varone #italian beauty #ooh wow #pin up model #italian style #italian soubrette #italian television

[hsboo03]

Love at first sight. 🪼🌺🌸

(Minute 00:08:29)

Don't you notice how 🍓

I get quiet when there's no one else around 💫

Me and you and awkward silence ❤️‍🩹

Don't you dare look at me that way 🌺

I don't need reminders of how you don't feel the same 🏵️

#robot dreams art #rascal robot dreams #robot dreams movie #robot dreams #robot #dog #robot dreams fanart #sara varon #oscars 2024 #digital drawing #ibispaintdrawing #scketbook #Love at first sight #love is love #sunday #from The star #laufey #Spotify

[blueeelemon]

Lovin nobody but u

#robot dreams #robot #dog #dog varon #sara varon #film #guys i love this moive sm its so sad #doomed yaoi #LOL am i even using that right bro idk my brain is rotting #fanart #drawing

[albaharu]

Robot Dreams was such a cute movie, fully recommend ...is there something more pure than the love between a dog and a robot....

#robot dreams #sara varon #pablo berger #dogs #robots #september #earth wind and fire

[bcakesbaxter]

So happy Robot Dreams is nominated for the Oscar! When you get the chance to see it, I encourage you to do it. I really enjoyed this film!💕

#robot dreams #animation #love it💕 #2024 oscars #feature animation #pablo berger #sara varon #Youtube

[moviemosaics]

Robot Dreams

directed by Pablo Berger, 2023

#Robot Dreams #Pablo Berger #movie mosaics #Sara Varon

[tinyreviews]

Here is my (spoiler!) take on the allegory...

Dog was lonely so he strangers-to-friends (well, bought) Robot. They had a good relationship. But Robot had health issues (low battery) that left him incapacitated and Dog had no clue how to solve the situation, except to wait till 1st June to reunite with Robot again. Dog went on to form new relationships, while Robot was left to deal with his situation alone. Robot encountered people who at first seemed helpful but actually broke him further, until he was completely broken. Racoon found him, put him back together, and they formed a relationship. Dog tried to find Robot on 1st June but Robot was gone. So he found (bought) another Robot, more cautious with new Robot this time. Robot is happy with Racoon but spots Dog with new Robot. He is conflicted about reuniting with Dog. He decides to let things be. Both Dog and Robot continue on with their new happy lives.

WOW, what a story! It’s listed as a tragicomedy, but I don’t think there is anything tragic about the story. It’s a valuable life lesson, worth all the attention it’s getting now, from the Oscars. MUST WATCH!

Robot Dreams is a 2023 Spanish-French animated tragicomedy film written and directed by Pablo Berger. It is based on the 2007 comic of the same name by Sara Varon.

#robot dreams #robot dreams review #oscars 2024 #oscars #spanish movie #french movie #animation #animated movie #tragicomedy #sara varon #movie review #2023 #must watch

[filmforager]

Robot Dreams: Review

To Chrome with Love

A story about a dog and his robot companion seems more fit for a children’s Saturday cartoon than a full-length film. But in the moving Robot Dreams, director Pablo Berger uses this initial concept to explore some surprisingly adult themes. What if, in a world where animals roamed New York City, a dog buys a robot friend to cure his loneliness? The results are gently funny and genuinely profound.

Based on the graphic novel from Sara Varon, the story is fairly simple. It’s also, apart from a few grunts and gasps, completely silent, using expressions and grunts to convey a wealth of emotion. In 1980s New York, we follow the lonely Dog (voiced in gasps and yelps by Ivan Labanda), who purchases a robot friend after seeing an ad on TV. So begins an epic love story in the Big Apple, soundtracked by Earth, Wind and Fire’s hit song September. But when a technical fault leaves Robot stuck on a beach, Dog is forced to adjust to life without his new partner.

While Dog experiences the pains of modern dating, Robot poignantly dreams of his freedom, and takes in a family of songbirds. That’s not even the most random scene in the film. Like Zootopia, Varon’s animal-filled world is full of funny hidden details and interludes. An Octopus in the subway delivers a spontaneous drum solo, two menacing ant-eaters challenge Dog to a sled race down the slopes, and a warthog hilariously washes a car. The bold choice to make the film silent is one that pays off massively, with Alfonso de Vilallonga’s affecting score filling in the blanks.

As well as being entertaining and well-animated, the film plunges unexpected emotional depths. The story of Dog and Robot’s relationship aches with sadness, and you’ll root for them to somehow make it work. It feels like an animated version of La La Land, exploring what it means to discover new rhythms and versions of yourself in a new partner. Not bad for a film about a dog and a robot.

A sweet and imaginative film that is way more touching than a cartoon about a dog and a robot has any right to be.

★★★★

#robot dreams #pablo berger #sara varon #alfonso de vilallonga #ivan labanda #4 stars #new york

[kammartinez]

#books #writing #nd stevenson #sara varon #graphic novels

[hsboo03]

Remember, how we knew love was here today. ☀️🌼💫🌻❤️‍🩹💝

#robot dreams movie #robot dreams #robot #rascal robot dreams #ibispaint online #sara varon #spotify #oscars #September #peace #i love them #robot dreams Art #sketch #doodlysketch #earth wind and fire #Wednesday #Spotify

[blueeelemon]

I cant stop thinking of them help !

#robot dreams movie #robot dreams #robot #dog varon #dog #sara varon #ughhh #fanart #film #drawings #sigh

[rickchung]

Robot Dreams (dir. Pablo Berger) x VIFF 2023.

This Spanish-French adaptation of American graphic novelist Sara Varon's 2007 wordless comic explores scruffy 1980s Manhattan living in a dialogue-free animated feature starring a dog and his robot companion. Through a whimsically sorrowful tale of found friendship between a sentient android and anthropomorphic animals, we wander through a delightful yet tragic journey.

Screened at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival as part of the Panorama series.

Screening at the Rio Theatre on Mar. 8.

#robot dreams #reviews #viff #viff 2023 #tiff #tiff 2023 #movie #features #movies #movie review #film #film review #pablo berger #animation #animated #cartoon #tragicomedy #sara varon #cinema #french film #french cinema

[suthnmeh]

Hihi I was wondering what dog and robots relationship was? I get that there were obviously friends, but some of the scenes were?? I'm asking is it up for interpretation or wat. I wanna know what someone that worked at the studio thinks atleast. Cuz I get that friends can hold hands and stuff but. ALSO that one song titled jealous dream, that scene always gets me sad . I've watched the movie like 10 times already

You’ve watched almost as many times as I have haha! 

And yeah, I believe it’s pretty much up to interpretation, which is why I personally don’t like the French title “Mon ami Robot” which eliminates that nuance. Even at the studio, we couldn’t agree. And we don’t have to. I think the beauty of it being ambiguous is that you can extrapolate to whatever your personal experiences are, and who in your life these characters make you think about. Some people do see it as platonic, some see it romantic, or something else (overthinking can lead to weird conclusions XD). 

Sara Varon, writer of the original comic, said she had put down her dog recently, and there was a bit of that in the story as well. But then ace people happen to see themselves a lot in their dynamic (including me^^). Not even Pablo Berger, the scriptwriter and director, specified what he was going for, if anything.

Dog and Robot to me have been several things, but they’ve always been the people that have made an impact in my life^^

#robot dreams #replies #are they... you know

[the-forest-library]

September 2022 Reads

Swordheart - T. Kingfisher

Ten Thousand Stitches - Olivia Atwater

A Strange and Stubborn Endurance - For Meadows

Kismet - Lauren Blakely

The Sweetest Connection - Denise Williams

Do You Take This Man - Denise Williams

How to Love Your Neighbor - Sophie Sullivan

Lucy on the Wild Side - Kerry Rea

The Holiday Trap - Roan Parrish

The Most Likely Club - Elyssa Friesland

Nothing More to Tell - Karen M. McManus

How to Survive Your Murder - Danielle Valentine

Vengeful - V.E. Schwab

All of Us Villains - Amanda Foody

Babel - R.F. Kuang

Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Just by Looking at Him - Ryan O’Connell

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken

Striking Distance - Sarah Rees Brennan

Fence Vol 1 - C.S. Pacat

Fence Vol 2 - C.S. Pacat

Fence Vol 3 - C.S. Pacat

Hark! A Vagrant - Kate Beaton

Step Aside, Pops - Kate Beaton

Sweaterweather - Sara Varon

Spinning - Tillie Walden

Lore Olympus - Rachel Smythe

If You Find a Unicorn, It is Not Yours to Keep - DJ Corchin

Coven - Jennifer Dugan

Unretouchable - Sofia Szamosi

American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang

Fun Home - Alison Bechdel

And Now I Spill the Family Secrets - Margaret Kimball

How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You - Matthew Inman

When Life Gives You Pears - Jeannie Gaffigan

Nine Nasty Words - John McWhorter

Resilient - Rick Hanson

Ask Me About My Uterus - Abby Norman

That Sounds So Good - Carla Lalli Music

Unbelievably Vegan - Charity Morgan

Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope

Thoughts:

Lots of really decent reads this month, but the standout is once again Olivia Atwater. I think I enjoyed Ten Thousand Stitches even more than Half a Soul. Just delightful. 

I also read a bunch of graphic novels while I was recovering from surgery and finally got around to reading some that have been on my TBR forever. 

Goodreads Goal: 311/350

2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads |

2022 Reads

#2022 reads #book reviews #book recommendations #books #booklr #bookish #reading #bibliophile

[folkson]

Me había costado trabajo hablar de ROBOT DREAMS, la película animada nominada al Oscar, dirigida por Pablo Berger (España-Francia, 2023), basada en la novela gráfica de Sara Varon.

Es que esta película es perfecta. En su animación, en su diseño, en sus colores, en la belleza que refleja como arcoiris cada fotograma tras otro en movimiento.

Pero más, mucho más allá de lo evidente —para citar a León-O— la verdadera belleza de este filme radica en el alma de sus personajes que nos regalan la maravilla de su amistad, en una ciudad de Nueva York a principios de los ochenta —¡la época favorita de muchos en la Gran Manzana!

¿Entonces por qué me había costado trabajo hablar de ella? Por que soy una bestia sentimental, a la que le duele el alma cuando la sinestesia se apodera de su cuerpo y de su mente. Además, pude verla en el cine con mi familia; mi esposa Frida, que se perdió el inicio por conseguirnos palomitas en un cine abarrotadísimo, y con mijita Victoria, quien con sus maravillosos siete añotes tiene el espíritu más puro y honesto que yo conozca.

Como es una película sin diálogos —no los necesita—, mi hija dijo que le iba a aburrir... Muy pronto se dejó envolver por el carisma de los personajes: un perro solitario que se compra un robot para hacerse compañía. Su conexión pronto se convierte en una genuina amistad que deviene en un contratiempo que luego es una desgracia.

En tanto, la vida sigue y la vida es sueño, como escribió Calderón de la Barca, y la trama nos lleva de la mano por un camino amarillo en donde la esperanza parece lo último en morir.

A mi hija, pocas películas la han afectado tanto emocionalmente como esta historia. Como toda niña, pertenece al grupo de los públicos más difíciles de convencer, y Robot Dreams no solo le rompió su tierno corazón sino que encontró en el valor de esta amistad el pegamento necesario para volver a unir sus cardiopedacitos.

Ahora, la canción SEPTEMBER de Earth, Wind and Fire sonará en nuestra playlist como un himno a la alegría, a la resignación y a la vida misma.

¡Gracias por esta película, universo!

—Jesús Armando Molina Barraza

#CinemaFolkson #RobotDreams #FLKSN #Folkson

#Cinema Folkson #FLKSN #cinema #películas #Robot Dreams #Folkson

[macarraqui]

El hombre de hojalata

Estos días se ha estrenado la película Robot Dreams, la nueva obra de Pablo Berger (Torremolinos 73, Blancanieves) basada en el cómic homónimo de Sara Varon.

Los protagonistas de esta tragicomedia sobre el alma humana son, aunque nos pueda inicialmente sorprender, un perro y un robot de la teletienda, y la acción se desarrolla en el Nueva York de los ochenta, con mucha música y ni una sola palabra.

El largometraje explora también una parte del mundo de Oz, muy cercano a las novelas de Gregory Maguire y al musical de Broadway Wicked.

Dadle una oportunidad, merece la pena.