"Robot Dreams"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture As we attempt to catch up with all of the Oscar-nominated films, one delightful surprise was the inclusion of Pablo Berger's sweet, dialogue-free animated film "Robot Dreams" which had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival and played at various other festivals before qualifying for this year's Academy Awards with a limited theatrical run. It will be released officially in the States on May 31st by NEON. You probably already heard our interview with Berger, but now find out from me, Alyssa Christian, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and guest Carlos Aguilar what we thought of the film. Please tune in as we discuss the animation, story, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review! Thank you for all your support, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture Dreams, and the story is as follows.
0:34.6	Dog is a lonely dog who lives in Manhattan.
0:39.6	One day he decides to build himself a robot,
0:46.6	a friend. Their friendship grows until they become inseparable to the rhythm of New York in the 80s.
0:54.5	One summer night, dog with great sorrow, is forced to abandon robot on the beach. Will they meet again?
1:04.4	The film is starring technically no one because it is a dialogue-free animated film written and directed by Pablo Berger.
1:07.1	Here to join me today to talk about this highly unique but yet special Academy Award nominated film, I have Alyssa Christian.
1:15.6	Hello.
1:16.6	Dan Baer.
1:17.7	I'm here for the tap dancing daisies.
1:20.7	Josh Parham.
1:22.1	Hello, hello.
1:23.4	And joining us as a guest here on the podcast for the first time we have world renowned film critic with bylines over at the rap.
1:34.0	Roger Ebert, Indie Wire, the LA Times, New York Times, Carlos Aguilar, everybody.
1:40.0	Thank you for having me.
1:41.4	No, thank you so much for being here.
1:43.3	Really, really appreciate hearing your voice on this one.
1:47.2	So Robot Dreams had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the special screening section.
1:54.0	And it has now been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
2:00.0	It has technically not yet been released here in the U.S.,
2:04.8	but some of us have had the opportunity to see it early,
2:08.2	courtesy of Neon, who is going to be handling distribution for it,
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