Vikramaditya Motwane addressed comparisons between his upcoming film, CTRL with Jim Carrey’s Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Joaquin Phoenix’s Her.
After Amazon Prime’s Call Me Bae, Ananya Panday is now gearing up for her upcoming cyber thriller, CTRL helmed by Vikramaditya Motwane of ‘Lootera’ and ‘Udaan’ fame. Ever since the trailer of the film dropped, netizens have been drawing comparisons with Jim Carrey-Kate Winslet’s Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Joaquin Phoenix’s Her.
In a recent chat with News18 Showsha, Vikramaditya Motwane said that he anticipated these comparisons, and added that he doesn’t mind them.
The filmmaker said, The moment we wrote the film, we knew that they’re going to ask us about Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. But we’re fine with it [the comparisons]. There’s also a little bit of Her in it.”
While he acknowledged that Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine is an inspiration for CTRL, he also added that both the movies are different in their substance.
“I’ve been generally influenced by that film. It’s a wonderful film. There’s something about the writing of that film, which is fantastic. The direction and the acting are incredible. It’s, undoubtedly, a masterpiece of our modern times. But CTRL isn’t that,” Motwane told the publication.
Further, labelling the plot of CTRL as a doomsday scenario, he continued, “I have a feeling that after 15-20 years, we’re going to start looking at social media as they look at smoking. There’s a lot that’s okay with it but it also does a lot of harm to teenagers, younger minds, and even adults.”
For the unversed, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind revolves around Clementine (Kate Winslet) who undergoes a procedure to erase the memories of her ex, Joel (Jim Carrey) from her mind. On the other hand, Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Her follows the story of Theodore, an introvert writer who develops a relationship with Samantha, an artificially intelligent virtual assistant.
Going by the initial sneak-peek, Ananya Panday’s CTRL seems to have borrowed elements from both these movies. The film also features Vihaan Samat, and is slated to release on Netflix on October 4.
