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Luca Guadagnino Drama Artificial Premieres at New York Film Festival

Luca Guadagnino premiered his OpenAI drama Artificial at the New York Film Festival to positive early reactions from film critics.

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Director Luca Guadagnino premiered his film Artificial at the New York Film Festival on Monday night, Variety Film reported. Early reactions from members of the film press praised the movie as a provocative, visceral corporate drama, according to Variety Film. [1]

Variety Film reported that Next Best Picture editor-in-chief Matt Neglia described the film as entertaining and terrifying. Netflix Junkie reported that Guadagnino stated no artificial intelligence was used in the production of the film. [1][3]

The biographical comedy drama was written by Simon Rich and directed and co-produced by Guadagnino, who centers the story on OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman during his controversial firing and rehiring in 2023. Andrew Garfield stars as Sam Altman alongside an ensemble cast including Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman, Chris O'Dowd, Ike Barinholtz, and Mark Rylance. [4]

As FTMQ Books reported earlier, distributor Neon will campaign Andrew Garfield in the supporting actor category and Yura Borisov in the lead actor category for awards season. [7]

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In short

  • Luca Guadagnino's film Artificial premiered at the New York Film Festival.
  • The film stars Andrew Garfield as OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman.
  • Director Luca Guadagnino stated that no artificial intelligence was used in making the movie.
  • Simon Rich wrote the script for the biographical comedy drama.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]‘Artificial’ First Reactions: Luca Guadagnino’s OpenAI Drama is ‘Provocative,’ ‘Downright Horrifying’ and His ‘Best Film in a Decade’Variety Film, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Oscars: Pakistan Picks ‘Hanging by a Wire’ for Best International Feature Film RaceThe Hollywood Reporter, 10h ago
  3. [3]“I’m an Old-Fashioned Guy” — Luca Guadagnino Reveals That No AI Was Used in ‘Artificial'Netflix Junkie, 7h ago

Background

  1. [4]Artificial (2026 film) on Wikipedia
  2. [5]Artificial vagina on Wikipedia
  3. [6]Horrified on Wikipedia
  4. [7]Neon Sets Oscar Strategy for Luca Guadagnino Film Artificial FTMQ Books, 3h ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 7 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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