We Live in Public

Name: We Live in Public
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 28, 2009
Rating: 69

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Abramorama | Release Date: August 28, 2009 | Unrated

Summary: Ten years in the making and culled from 5000 hours of footage, We Live In Public reveals the effect the web is having on our society, as seen through the eyes of “the greatest Internet pioneer you’ve never heard of”, artist, futurist and visionary Josh Harris. Award-winning director Ondi Timoner documented his tumultuous life for more thanTen years in the making and culled from 5000 hours of footage, We Live In Public reveals the effect the web is having on our society, as seen through the eyes of “the greatest Internet pioneer you’ve never heard of”, artist, futurist and visionary Josh Harris. Award-winning director Ondi Timoner documented his tumultuous life for more than a decade to create a riveting, cautionary tale of what to expect as the virtual world inevitably takes control of our lives. (Interloper Films)

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Director: Ondi Timoner

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Unrated

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Roger Ebert

This is a remarkable film about a strange and prophetic man. What does it tell us? Did living a virtual life destroy him? Read full review

Marc Savlov

Harris' thought-provoking performance art/life isn't yet over, but by film's end he's become unplugged, both literally and metaphorically. Read full review

Rob Nelson

This astounding new documentary burrows into the thin and darkly funny spaces between artistry and vanity, isolation and community, collaboration and exploitation, sanity and madness. Read full review

J.R. Jones

A frightening portrait of a man whose technological genius fails to compensate for his gaping emotional deficits. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

From the ample evidence, Mr. Harris’s own life in public was a bust. Ms. Timoner sees him as a cautionary tale as well as a visionary. Read full review

Noel Murray

We Live In Public doesn’t show that Harris was a genius so much as that he was a mentally and emotionally unstable egotist, trying to force a revolution in self-broadcasting and connectivity that later happened more naturally. Read full review

Betsy Sharkey

If anything, the film is a reflection of the Web zeitgeist, where observation comes easily but insight is rare. What saves the documentary from becoming a complete frustration is the sheer, stunning prescience of Harris. Read full review

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