Taika Waititi brings more dramatic tone to Klara and the Sun trailer
Like Ishiguru’s novel, Klara and the Sun is set in an unidentified future, with Klara narrating. As a solar-powered AF, Klara has a special relationship with the sun, the source of her nourishment, but she also bonds with Josie when the girl and her mother are shopping for AFs. So Josie chooses Klara, despite the latter being an older model. Josie’s mom is skeptical but agrees on a trial basis, encouraged by the 20 percent discount. “Just remember everything you learned and hopefully they’ll come to love you like a member of the family or family dog,” Lyonne’s store manager tells Klara. Klara soon senses that something is wrong and turns to her old friend, the sun, for guidance. (Book readers will know what’s up.)
Ishiguru’s leisurely meditation on humanity’s relationship to technology might seem out of Waititi’s usual wheelhouse, but the director recently told Vanity Fairthat he quickly...
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