At the very least it was unique and held my attention. The effect work with that girl was simply amazing. The way they made her transparent in some areas of her body. That must have been so tedious and mechanized in pre-shoot-and post that I'm sure someone threw a bottle against a wall at some point.
It was, for sure. I haven't gotten to the SFX featurette yet, hope it's good. Ha, probably lots of frustration, no doubt. But worth it, given that it won the oscar. Costume-wise, it was definitely a challenge. Hexagonal net fabric, UV experimentation to get the lighting right for the red light shutdown scenes, per the director.
3 hour makeup process, bald cap, hair slicked down, lady said it's lucky Vikander's head is smaller than most, "laborious" process, but definitely rang true to Alex's vision.
Update: Vikander did 8 minute takes in this film, so it was challenging for her as an actress and exciting. They designed her movements to be "robotic" but her shape overall to be Vikander's and "humanoid." The lighting effects and internal organs served to present themselves like a spider web that shimmers, giving the appearance of a woman in "your periphery view" but a robot in direct view. So sometimes her body lights up and other times you see
through her, like you said. They didn't go deeply into the software they used, but it was pretty impressive to see the before/mid-phase/final image comparisons of a SFX-heavy shot.