I may have been a little hasty in my initial judgment of BACKROOMS. Obviously YouTube is now overrun with analyses and deep dives, and after watching many of them I have to admit I missed a fundamental aspect of this film and what the Backrooms are, that may ultimately change my opinion of the film.
The Backrooms are a modern-day metaphor for A.I. I mean think about it: at a cursory glance they’re a copy (although sometimes admittedly strange) of the real world. But the deeper you look, the more fucked these rooms become. And the still-lifes? The renderings of living humans is horrific. The same goes for modern-day A.I. On the surface, A.I. generated content looks okay, but the deeper you look at it, the more errors stand out: people with six or more fingers, legs missing or completely out of whack, eyes that just aren’t right, and dozens of other things.
And if you generate a picture and want A.I. to do it over again to change something, it moves further and further with each generation from your original intent. It’s unnerving, much like what you see in the Backrooms.
An interesting take on the film, to be sure. I may have to go back and see it again…
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