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Spike Jonze's 'Her' a refreshingly original take on a future L.A.

2014-01-20T14:11:00-05:00

The city has dense clusters of tall towers and a mass-transit system to rival London's. Cars seem to have been banished. [...] The sidewalks and the rail stations are crowded with people. It's as if a benevolent Robert Moses, a planning dictator with a green agenda, had taken over the political realm in Los Angeles.

Elizabeth Diller on Spike Jonze's 'Her'

2014-01-08T13:20:00-05:00

In doing press for the film, Jonze has repeatedly credited New York architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, AIA, founding principals of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, with helping him devise the feel of his settings. Diller took time to chat with ARCHITECT about the film, as well as the uncanny qualities of the near-future and why she generally prefers murder stories to sci-fi.