some of you didn't watch the steven spielberg masterpiece "A.I." in your formative years and it shows

"SHEILA, OPEN."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the absolute state of visual FX in 2001 -- Canadian actress Sabrina Grdevich as Sheila the mecha secretary, from the American science fiction film "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" (2001), written & directed by Steven Spielberg.

"COME AWAY, O HUMAN CHILD! TO THE WATERS AND THE WILD, WITH A FAERY, HAND IN HAND, FOR THE WORLDS MORE FULL OF WEEPING THAN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND."

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on "cine shots" and/or film stills to the American science fiction film "Artificial Intelligence," a.k.a., "A.I." (2001), written & directed by Steven Spielberg. Universal Pictures.

Director of photography: Janusz Kamiński

Visual FX: by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

DOWN, DOWN, DOWN TO PINOCCHIO LAND.

PICS INFO: 25th anniversary last month of "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" Directed by Stephen Spielberg.

"This was the first film I worked on as a concept artist @ILMVFX for VFX art director David Nakabayashi and VFX Supervisors Dennis Muren and Scott Farrar. This is an Image of concept art of the Futuristic Submersible copter ( the "Amphibicopter") piloted by David exploring an underwater Theme park, Coney Island, and entering the gates of its Pinocchio Land area."

-- AARON MCBRIDE (American visual artist/concept artist for ILM/Industrial Light & Magic), c. late July 2026