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We've been doing an at-home season of computer screen films (a subgenre of found footage films). The best (so far UNFRIENDED: DARK WEB) make being on the computer intrinsic and important to the narrative. They reflect and comment on online behaviour.Permalink On Internet Archive
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We just watched SEARCHING and it really felt like the story could have been told in another way. It wasn't about being on the computer and the way it was shown didn't really add anything to it.On Internet Archive
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The best of these films feel tapped into the specifics of online life and communication: the balance of separation from and closeness to 'real life'. SEARCHING felt tied into a non-online mindset; a world still shackled to broadcast news and print media.Permalink On Internet Archive