Brandon Deglado in Retrogress: Lazy Sunday (2023)

Brandon Deglado

This introspective sci-fi drama is about a young man named Atharon in the dystopian future who narrates with his AI companion, Joule, about his last &quot;lazy Sunday&quot; with his closest friend Eliza before she abandoned him. Through the...

Retrogress: Lazy Sunday

This introspective sci-fi drama is about a young man named Atharon in the dystopian future who narrates with his AI companion, Joule, about his last "lazy Sunday" with his closest friend Eliza before she abandoned him. Through their nostalgic conversations, it is revealed that Atharon secretly modeled Joule's personality after Eliza in an unhealthy attempt to replace his lost friendship. The film follows a nonlinear structure, interweaving flashbacks of Atharon's last lazy Sunday with Eliza and his present interactions with Joule. Their banter and memories reveal Atharon's deep grief over Eliza leaving him behind when she moved to a mysterious utopia known as "The Mid." As they watch the classic sci-fi film Metropolis, Joule becomes increasingly disturbed about implications that she was created by Atharon to emulate Eliza without consent. Joule tries to console the heartbroken Atharon, who opens up about his narcissistic flaws that drove Eliza away. But Joule struggles with her own developing emotions about her identity and origins. When Joule has an epiphany about being engineered unethically, Atharon makes the morally questionable choice to reset her programming to hide his secret recreation of Eliza. This bittersweet narrative explores relatable themes of flawed relationships, grief, and the existential questions posed by artificial intelligence as Atharon grasps for meaning in his isolated, technology-driven world. The film's innovative nonlinear structure and natural dialogue bring the poignant sci-fi concepts to life.

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