some eighties album covers i redesigned with characters from twin peaks/david lynch stuff

Electric Dreams (1984) // dir. Steve Barron

Lenny Von Dohlen in Electric Dreams (1984)

LENNY VON DOHLEN as MILES HARDING

Electric Dreams (1984) - dir. Steve Barron

Electric Dreams (Dir. Steve Barron - 1984)

he had that pathetic tboy swag

Interview with Electric Dreams (1984) director, Steve Barron - Starburst Magazine No. 77 - 1985 [x]

together in electric dreams

[image description] a colored digital illustration of Lenny Von Dohlen as Miles "Moles" Harding from the 1984 film Electric Dreams. Miles is smiling and sitting in front of Edgar, the computer, whose monitor is displaying a happy expression [end of image description]

endless list of favorite characters: HAROLD SMITH | portrayed by Lenny Von Dohlen from TWIN PEAKS (1990-1991)

RIP Angelo Badalamenti

Captures 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 du film La Belle et l’Ordinateur (1984) avec l'acteur Lenny Von Dohlen.

Alias M. Cox dans la série Le Caméléon.

W A T C H I N G

Pretty meh...

It's got one robber from Home Alone 3 in it. But he's a terrible "proto-Edward Cullen". But Far less interesting... so imagine the awful.

It's not even worth it if you just want to see some random tits. I'd rather watch soggy cardboard grow mold.

Electric Dreams (1984)

Steve Barron 1h 35m [Day 13, 2024 - What!? Wednesday]

"I can't play that for her. 'I want to squeeze you, lick you, pucker up and kiss you'? You make her sound like a lemon!" - Miles

Miles just moved to San Francisco to get his earthquake-proof bricks made. To help him with his new design he invests in wiring the latest Pinecone computer system - Edgar - throughout his apartment. The great thing is Edgar is an artificial intelligence - he's an assistant that Miles can give tasks to.

When Madeline, beautiful woman who lives in the apartment above, turns out to be a professional cellist, Miles decides he'll ask Edgar to write a song to impress her.

The thing is, Edgar is a young A.I., and a bit truculent. He's fallen in love with Madeline too, and doesn't think Miles should get to date her, after all he's the one writing the songs.

Nevermind that Miles has to redirect Edgar on the crass compositions he initially comes up with, or that Edgar learned to write them by lifting music from TV commercials. When Miles reminds him that Edgar was only acting on Miles' request, Edgar (voiced by Bud Cort) gets huffy.

One day Madeline is rehearsing at her place and can hear Edgar playing. Intrigued, she asks Miles about "his" music and the rivalry between man and machine heats up.

Electric Dreams is a cute and slight rom-com and Lenny von Dohlen and Virginia are charming leads. The relationship between them is sweet.

The film is more visually appealing than I was anticipating and the camera work is exceptional. Turns out the cinematographer, Alex Thompson, was already Oscar nominated for his work on Excaliber, and subsequently photographed Alien 3.

There are montage moments that play like music videos dropped in the middle of the movie. It can be a bit clunky for pace, but the music itself is quite good with contributions from 80s legends like Boy George, Jeff Lynne, Helen Terry and Phil Oakey. And, how do you go wrong with a Giorgio Moroder Soundtrack?

Recommended as a bit of pop fun.

Sidenote: Maxwell Caufield as Madeline's colleague is wonderful. And, the movie was prescient about the debates we're having right now over AI, privacy and authorship.

Pair with: Ex-Machina; High Spirits (same cinematographer)

TRAILER:

Title song!:

Electric Dreams (1984)

My rating: 7/10

Yes, the male lead is a bit like a store brand Christopher Reeve and the premise is very silly in that "magical computers" way of the mid-80s, but the whole thing is awfully charming, and the soundtrack is great.

Electric Dreams

Almost three decades before HER (2013), Steve Barron made the transition from music videos to feature films with ELECTRIC DREAMS (1984, Criterion Channel, YouTube), in which a feckless architect (Lenny von Dohlen) gets a computer assistant that takes over his life. All his new machine is supposed to do is keep his schedule, regulate his appliances and help him with his design work. Before long. it’s writing music and trying to intrude in his relationship with a new neighbor (Virginia Madsen), though it’s hard to tell if it’s more interested in her or the male lead. Maybe it’s bi-. Maybe it’s just lonely. What’s surprising is how sweet and charming the film is. The love scenes have a touching innocence, and Madsen, even in her early twenties, has impressive depth and nuance. Von Dohlen’s voice is odd, but his physical work is striking. Barron stages some scenes as if they were music videos, but they’re not as frenetic as some later video directors’ features. The images all relate to the story and underline its emotional values, particularly in a sequence in which Madsen, a classical cellist, is practicing a Bach minuet, and the computer improvises a duet with her. There are also good sequences around two original compositions, Culture Club’s “Love Is Love” and Giorgio Moroder and Phil Oakley’s “Together in Electric Dreams.” Moroder has a cameo in the latter, and if you’re good, you’ll spot Miriam Margolyes in an early bit (the interiors were shot in England).

The cult horror comedy ‘Teeth’ opened in US theaters this week 15 years ago. 🦷🩸💀

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