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Growing nowhere: Pinocchio subverted in Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence.(Critical Essay)

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From: Extrapolation
Date: 20040922
Author:Morrissey, Thomas

   "I am programmed to evolve, to better myself." 
   --Lt. Commander Data, ST:TNG First Contact 

It's hard to compete with Stephen Spielberg, especially from the grave. That's a big disadvantage for Carlo Collodi and, perhaps, even for Stanley Kubrick as well, despite Spielberg's good intentions. With millions of dollars and Hollywood's best at his service, Spielberg has been given audience-reaching power that Collodi could never have imagined. Collodi's tale of a puppet who becomes a boy clearly on the road to manhood first came to life in a serialized children's newspaper in ...

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