Filmmakers, Take Advantage of the New Virtual World!
November, 11, 2009 3:41 pm | Comments On #Facebook, internet, Josh Harris, We Live in PublicI first embarked on making my film, "We Live in Public," a little over 10 years ago. It was another era in 1999: a time when modems made '80s synth screeches, many thought the internet was a passing fad and many major companies didn't even have the most basic of websites.
When I began documenting the social experiments of “Warhol of the Web," Internet bad boy, Josh Harris, I only knew I was documenting an eccentric innovator who spent his money in extraordinary ways -- building bunkers instead of buying house and cars like most millionaires. Certainly the voyeur's paradise that Josh created in boom-era, late-'90s NYC made for some colorful footage, but it took many years before I realized the greater significance of Josh's work.
I didn't know if he was a buffoon or a visionary, an artist or a businessman trying to buy his way...
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Ondi Timoner is the only filmmaker to ever win the Sundance Grand Jury Prize twice -- first for the critically acclaimed "Dig!" (2004) and more recently in 2009 for "We Live in Public," which the New York Times called "riveting" and "a compelling cautionary tale." Timoner graduated from Yale University cum laude and founded Interloper Films in 1994. Her short film, "Recyle" (2005), was a winner at the ICG Awards and screened at both Sundance and Cannes. She is currently directing and producing "Cool It," which explores the issues of global warming from a socio-economic perspective as it relates to the immediate needs of the developing world.
