I will say that the secret behind Henry T. And then pretty much everything that happens after is spoiler territory, so we won't go there. The new Next Home advert gets dark real quick And if you can't guess what happens next, then I'm not even sure how you've managed to read this far. Eventually Elizabeth grows restless and decides to explore her luxurious trappings. Henry is so charming he plays piano at home in a suit, which initially placates Elizabeth as she adjusts to her life of swimming and being waited on by Henry's two live-in helpers, Claire (Carla Gugino) and Oliver (Matthew Beard). The sexy wife in question is the titular Elizabeth (Abbey Lee), who finds herself a proverbial bird in the gilded cage after bagging a rich complicated genius scientist husband, Henry (Hinds). If anyone knows their audience it's Netflix though right? It's got more red flags than Communist Russia, and should be a cause for concern the target demographic appears to be violent masturbators.
And this is how they're trying to get people to watch the thing. The listing image has the same sexy young wife being held by a hand gripped firmly around her neck. “The abduction tradition, dating back to Roman times” mentioned at the start by Henry is explored with academic rigour in the Roger Moore film The Rape of the Sabines.The Netflix autoplay teaser for Elizabeth Harvest is a sinister clip of Ciarán Hinds telling his sexy young wife he loves her, but she must never open the door to his mysterious special room in the house they share. Claire, Oliver and Logan all find a way to enable him despite any reservations.
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The attitude of the characters seems to be: this plan is diabolical, but Henry’s mind is brilliant, so I have to go along with it, plus this is the way he is handling his grief. There is much discussion at the moment on separating the art from the artist, but what about separating the science from the scientist? His inner circle seem to have made the separation successfully. Therefore he can use or dispose of them at will. Elizabeth Harvest contains a similar problem: Henry has created clones, which are his property. As we know, evil geniuses all make use of the same architecture firm.Īmong other things, Ex Machina touched on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence – consciousness, the rights of intelligent beings. This includes the secluded location, appearance of the building, underground laboratory, and the heavy-handed security measures. In terms of style, Elizabeth Harvest is very Ex Machina (2014). Similarly, with the question of time travel in Looper (2012), Old Joe ( Bruce Willis) sidesteps the problem: “I don’t want to talk about time travel shit, ’cause if we start talking about it then we’re gonna be here all day” In other words, it’s best not to think too hard about the mechanics of it, especially if, as Elizabeth Harvest demonstrates, it dissolves into exposition in much the same way as a L’Oreal advert (Here comes the science). But how successful is it to explore the details in this type of sci-fi? It doesn’t necessarily make the premise more plausible, and can disrupt the rhythm of the story as a whole. However (remember Dolly the sheep?) cloning comes with problems, to which Gutierrez devotes a third of the film. She is a clone of his deceased wife, and he has his reasons. Henry, with his “brilliant mind”, has created Elizabeth in his underground lab. Elizabeth goes about exploring her new home like a sexy cat. Of course, women have two natural states: the sensual rubbing-all-objects-within-reach one, and the running away from attackers one. Mercifully the sex scenes between the couple are minimal, though Elizabeth is partially clothed or entirely naked for much of the time. Elizabeth, played by Abbey Lee, and looking much younger than her 31 years is within minutes identified as the new bride of Henry (66 year old Hinds).
Each one of them deeply creepy in their own way.Įlizabeth Harvest is a solid example of the male gaze in film. Elizabeth Harvest is a sci-fi thriller set in the remote home of tortured genius and budding Dr Frankenstein, Henry.ĭirector Sebastian Gutierrez makes the most of a small cast, comprising Ciarán Hinds, Abbey Lee, Matthew Beard (Oliver), Dylan Baker (local cop Logan), as well as his partner and long time collaborator Carla Gugino as Henry’s assistant/maid Claire.
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