Thanks for the memories!

One of my all time favorites.

A Masterpiece!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

'Electric Dreams' isn't the sort of film I'd usually watch, but I was drawn to it for a few reasons. The first was Lenny von Dohlen - I'd only known him as Harold from 'Twin Peaks', and thought he was a peculiar choice for a lead role. The second was Virginia Madsen; I'm not too familiar with much of her work, but I watched 'Candyman' a few months ago and thought she was a brilliant actress. Neither of these two performers disappoint in 'Electric Dreams'. The writing is a little hit-and-miss, especially when the computer begins to acquire a personality. It isn't as detrimental as it could have been, though, due to the film's lightheartedness. This was director Steve Barron's first feature project and the only film he directed in the '80s - he spent most of the decade directing music videos for the likes of Bryan Adams, A-ha and even Michael Jackson. The director's background will make a lot of sense when you watch 'Electric Dreams' -- if you're expecting something quite cerebral like Spike Jonze's 'Her', you'll be disappointed.

Electric Dreams is a science fiction romantic comedy and dramatic film will that tells the story of a love triangle between an male architect,a female musician and a personal desktop computer.It stars Lenny Von Dohlen, Virginia Madsen, and the voice of Bud Cort as the computer.The setting of this movie directed by Steve Barron is at San Francisco.Architect Miles Harding falls head over heals with her beauteous neighbor musician Madeline.But later,he learns that he already has a rival in winning his heart - a personal computer named Edgar apparently owned by Miles.Upon hearing Madeline playing cello,Edgar composes his own tune and plays together with her.It impressed Madeline thinking that it happens to be Miles and they get to know each other by going on out of a date.This makes Edgar jealous that he starts to take over Miles' electronic appliances such as the TV set and radio.In addition to that,he also makes life miserable for Miles through more ways than one like pissing the dog for it to bark constantly and making him uncomfortable while using the computer.The movie definitely shows it age as we get to see how extremely old the desktop computer was considering it does not use a Graphic User Interface (GUI) as an operating system and when the internet wasn't yet available to the general public.Also,the visual effects were definitely old as Computer Generated Imagery(CGI) was still many years away.The story between Madeline and Miles were definitely clichéd and formulaic and escapism remains a common theme when it theatrically released. But nevertheless,it introduces us to the endless capabilities of computers and the idea of artificial intelligence which will become a common theme for many movies to come in the future.The soundtrack was memorable as well as many songs were extremely popular like "Together In Electric Dreams" by Phil Oakey,which continues to be part of the encore performance of The Human League during their concert as of now.Overall,it remain a delight to view especially for fans belonging to the 80's generation.

I've seen it during 80's and I remember how people wandered about computers having emotions and feelings. Let me tell you something, this movie is a piece of art right there. I literary could smell the eighties aroma, and the feel of a new computer being bought. The whole movie is so simple and charming. Even to the point of re-evaluating today's lack of emotions and ideas in people, all due to the time spend on a computer, never puzzling one self about mysteries and stories that could come up with it. Remember Terminator? Well, this movie is benign in comparison but the idea of an emotion feeling machine, and at the same time a living AI life form helping you around house is still pretty alive today. Acting is also a very refreshing wave from the past.

One by one recently I have been digging up all the movies from the 80s & 90s that I remember liking.Recently I procured a copy of Electric Dreams, remembering how much I liked the music in this movie.Watching it, I quickly realized this movie is one of the best performances and characters from the 80s that Virginia Madsen was in. Her character is interesting and at times comical. As is most of her 80s films she is absolutely stunning in this film - my favorite scene is The Duel - the actress & character really look like they are having such a fun time dueling with the Computer ... and what is it with this actress and men in towels? Funny scene though as is the one in Creator ... The scenes at Alcatraz are good also. Then as now she has to be one of Hollywood's best actresses - it is her voice and her eyes, the expressions in her eyes, that I find most interesting about her. Her voice as well - she is so good at projecting her voice, soft at times, strong willed and defiant at other times.Lenny Von Dohlen also gives a good performance as the perfect Computer "geek" and quite pleasant to the eye as well. He is perfect as the geeky Miles, the architect with the Earthquake brick. The scene at the live concert with his battle with the pager - very funny - he looks so mortified and embarrassed though Madsen's character is definitely intrigued.Max Caulfield with a bit part in this as well as the shallow Bill.Bud Cort turns in a good performance also as the very spoiled and juvenile voice of Edgar, the newly created Artificial Lifeform. Edgar is very spoiled but turns out some wonderful musical compositions first the Duel, then Love Is Love a love song written and performed by the sultry, soft vocals of Boy George & Culture Club and of course Madeline's Theme. I love that piece of music. And Together in Electric Dreams performed by Philip Oakley - it is really the music that really shines in this movie. Bud Cort also as the juvenile Edgar - spoiled brat at times, comical at times but in the end has some hard life value lessons to be learned. That love is give and not take.Is this movie for everyone? Probably not and since this is not in Wide release or widely available on DVD it may hurt its exposure a little bit even now - they are releasing so many movies now to DVD, why not this one? Definitely worth finding if you like movies of this sort - for it to make sense - no but just a movie with good fun and how a computer can take over a person's life. Do they go wrong to the extent as this one does? No hopefully not but they can be equally as frustrating. And they do seem to have personalities - work perfectly at one time and act stupid another.I found this film entertaining and enjoyable and if you like 80s music this one is for you.