What was Kubricks A.I supposed to be about?
This answer was written in 1999, and therefore only deals with the story of what was known then about the pre-production of Kubrick’s AI A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) was a film Kubrick had planned on making for several years. The film was to be his first foray into the science-fiction genre since his 1968 technical ground-breaker ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Kubrick worked with several writers over the years, shaping the script, Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw and Ian Watson, among others (the latter actually finished a script for Kubrick), meanwhile he kept one eye on the latest developments in the field of special effects. The script was partly based on Brian Aldiss’ short story ‘Supertoys Last All Summer Long’ (1) “Super Toys” Is a fable about a young synthetic boy and his talking companion bear. The boy is confused about his existence and what is ‘real’ and if he is indeed ‘real’ himself. The boy’s ‘Father’ works for a company that manufactures artificial people as servants, companions and to
