Grab your proverbial latte and NPR tote, cuddle up to your computer and check out our national NPR feature on Fresh Air! 

NPR
“Ondi Timoner’s We Live in Public is a breathless film about Josh Harris [whose] projects raise all sorts of fascinating issues about how digital technology is redrawing the boundaries of the self.  As its possibilities enter people’s heads, they redefine what belongs to me — what is me — and what belongs to the world.”
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And some other murmurings from the great wide web…

Cinepinion
“Chronicling the career of Josh Harris, web-video pioneer and social-networking social-experimenter, the movie examines the net-kid’s decade-old happenings, then merely eccentric, and lays blatant their prescient relevance…”
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Life Unscripted.
“This film raises important questions on how much we have come to rely on the Internet as a form of communication, and the extent to which it impacts the way we communicate off line as much as online… It makes you realise how much the Internet’s enticing and seductive qualities are both beautiful and dangerous!”
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Thanks!

Ondi Timoner will be appearing at the International Documentary Association (IDA) on Thursday September 24 in Los Angeles.  Doors open at 6pm and the seminar runs from 7 to 9:30 and includes a brief intermission.  She will talk about WE LIVE IN PUBLIC and the story behind the making of the film, the road to Sundance and beyond.  Anyone can come but space is limited, so reserve your tickets right away.

What:

Doc U: An Evening with Ondi Timoner

When:

Thursday, September 24, 2009
Doors open 6:00 p.m.
Seminar 7:00-9:30 p.m. (with brief intermission)

Where:

Kodak Screening Room
The Eastman Kodak Company
6700 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90038

Parking and light refreshments courtesy of The Eastman Kodak Company
(Entrance is 2 blocks east of Highland Ave. on Las Palmas)

IDA members: $35 advance purchase; $45 at the door
Non-members: $45 advance purchase; $55 at the door

IDA website —- documentary.org

BUY TICKETS

The very next night, Friday September 25th, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC premieres in Los Angeles at the NuArt Theater!  More details to follow in an upcoming blog post, but Ondi + the star of the film, Josh Harris, will be on-hand for Q+As at the opening weekend and we are planning all kinds of fun in conjunction with our Los Angeles theatrical launch.

We had an amazing feature story on ABC News this week, all about the star of WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, Josh Harris.  The piece includes lots of footage from the documentary and will be interesting to fans of our film, internet junkies, and both the Josh lovers and haters out there.

Here’s a link to the televised piece:

http://www.interloperfilms.com/clips/ABCNewsSunday.mov

They also have an article on-line at the ABC News site:
Documentary Chronicles the Return of a Former Tech Mogul
“Harris says he believes society is headed into a future where everyone lives in public.  ‘Orwell was wrong; the government doesn’t impose Big Brother,’ he says. ‘Audiences demand it.’  And Harris says he’s the guy to take us there.”
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/documentary-chronicles-return-tech-mogul/story?id=8504555

Check out some of the other press and media attention we have received as of late:

Bostonist
“Timoner’s 90-minute documentary about dot-com kid Josh Harris paints Harris as a venerable Nostradamus of the Internet age… We Live In Public won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year, will no doubt win over legions of filmgoers, and may just place Harris in the limelight… A vivid portrait.”
http://bostonist.com/2009/04/26/iffboston_review_we_live_in_public.php

Film Threat
‘Net Loss: Interview With Filmmaker Ondi Timoner on WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
“Like a shot of Broadband to the brain, “We Live In Public” is prompting major buzz… With confident, compressed momentum, “We Live In Public” persuades us that virtual interaction has trumped physical connection.”
http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=interviews&Id=1250

Chlotrudis Mewsings
“Controversial and thought-provoking… Timoner again leverages unprecedented access to expose a fascinating character… and, at the same time, provides insight into our own futures as our lives become increasingly exposed online.”
http://www.chlotrudis.org/mewsings/2009/09/chlotrudis-tuesday-night-at-movies.html

A Gathering of the Tribes
Caged King: Josh Harris and Ondi Timoner’s WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
“[Ondi Timoner] is known for her ability to capture strong film verite…”
http://www.tribes.org/web/2009/09/08/caged-king-josh-harris-and-ondi-timoner%E2%80%99s-we-live-in-public/

New Todays
Dan Persons: Mighty Movie Podcast:  Welcome, Big Brother: Ondi Timoner on WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
http://www.newtodays.com/dan-persons-mighty-movie-podcast-welcome-big-brother-ondi-timoner-on-we-live-in-public

We are closing out a really fun and successful run at the IFC Center in New York City but we are still playing at the Brattle Theater (BUY TICKETS HERE) in Cambridge, MA, and look forward to opening in Los Angeles next, on 9-24-09 at the Landmark Nuart Theatre.  Thanks so much for all of your support!

Love WE LIVE IN PUBLIC?  Then you you will be a fan of our extra-awesome widget.  In addition to being a handy source of info about our theatrical dates and so forth, there’s a little button on there called “Web Exclusives” that will take you to secret bonus content that isn’t in the film and our first installation is live NOW.  We will be rolling out new extra footage and great scenes that hit the cutting room floor over the next few months, so go to the HOME PAGE OF OUR SITE and find it.   But don’t stop there!  PLEASE SHARE the widget with the world by putting it on your facebook or myspace page, your blog, your site and everywhere else you can think of to help us spread the word!  Click that little Share button and go to town .   Thanks!

Head to Cambridge this weekend for the very exciting Boston-area theatrical launch of our 2009 Sundance-winning documentary.   We will be at the Brattle Theater and you can BUY TICKETS HERE.  Director Ondi Timoner and star Josh Harris will be on-hand for lively Q+As.  This is a rare opportunity to not only see our film on the big screen but also to meet the masterminds behind the film and grill them with your toughest questions .

Check out some of the excellent advance Boston-area press:

Boston Globe
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC: The rise and fall of a dot-com darling: ‘Public’ traces a visionary’s virtual ruin
“WE LIVE IN PUBLIC is… fascinating, like a car wreck seen through a rearview mirror… the film touches eerily on the paranoia and power games that can come from having an ever-present audience.”
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/09/04/the_rise_and_fall_of_a_dot_com_darling/

The Providence Phoenix
REVIEW: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
Call it Woodstock crossed with Salò and The Real World
“…As Ondi Timoner’s lively and chilling documentary reveals, [Josh Harris] did embody… excesses of narcissism and puerility and delusions of grandeur.”
http://thephoenix.com/Providence/Movies/80793-WE-LIVE-IN-PUBLIC/?rel=inf

We launched in NYC at the IFC Theater last week (and we are still running!) and sold out our opening weekend screenings, so grab your tickets for Boston in advance.  We’ve gotten some big love from the press during our New York run so far!  Take a look-see at a few samples:

New Yorker
“Disturbing yet fascinating footage… [Josh Harris] is graced and cursed with a visionary strangeness; artist, con artist, and businessman; genius, clown, and control freak…”
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/film/we_live_in_public_timoner

Huffington Post
We Live in Public shows what happens when one follows a dangerous idea to its logical conclusion… the film serves both as a disturbing and mesmerizing drama, and a sobering warning.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-persons/emmighty-movie-podcastem_b_276021.html

Fast Company
“We Live in Public is a voyeuristic and captivating look at our growing dependence on the Internet… The film will undoubtedly cause you to think long and hard.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/stephanie-schomer/write/we-live-public

We’ve just extended our limited run in NYC at the IFC, so tell your New York friends to catch it while they can!

WE LIVE IN PUBLIC has extended our theatrical run in NYC at the IFC Center.  Do not miss out on one of the most talked-about and acclaimed docs of 2009 — this is a very limited engagement!  Go get your seat and be sure to tell your New York area friends.  BUY TICKETS HERE.

Screening times: 1:10pm and 7:30pm daily.   Next on the whistle-stop tour: Boston.

WE LIVE IN PUBLIC marquee!

Ondi + Josh at an IFC Q+A

We continue to get incredible press on our documentary and as of today we have an 89% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.  Here’s the latest media round-up for you!

NEW YORK MAGAZINE—August 28th, 2009—Vanita Salsbury asks Josh Harris 21 questions
“Josh Harris: I am staying in a Hollywood pool house driving a yellow Corvette. I can barely afford the gas to make it go. I am lucky to have good friends…”
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/08/internet_pioneer_josh_harris_i.html

HUFFINGTON POST—September 2nd, 2009—Dan Persons interviews Ondi Timoner for the Mighty Movie Podcast
“The film serves both as a disturbing and mesmerizing drama, and a sobering warning.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-persons/emmighty-movie-podcastem_b_276021.html

WNYC: THE LEONARD LOPATE SHOW: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC—August 27, 2009—Radio Interview
“Award-winning director Ondi Timoner and Josh Harris discuss the new documentary WE LIVE IN PUBLIC…”
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/08/27/segments/139503

AWEARNESS: The Kenneth Cole Blog—September 2nd, 2009—Dan Persons interviews Ondi Timoner for the Mighty Movie Podcast
“Many of Harris’s seemingly insane ideas have been manifest in the ubiquity of sites like Facebook and Twitter: we really do live in public now, so why isn’t Harris getting any props for being way ahead of the curve? Just think of it: when Harris founded Pseudo, in 1994, the founders of Facebook were still in grade school.”
http://awearnessblog.com/2009/09/long-before-facebook.php

SCATTER/GATHER:ideas+opinions from content strategists at Razorfish—September 1, 2009—Now Watch This: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
“Dozens of people lived together in close quarters and had cameras pointed at them everywhere they went, every minute of the day. It got messy. Days later, we were still thinking about it.”
http://scattergather.razorfish.com/691/2009/09/01/now-watch-this-we-live-in-public/

DALLASBLACK.COM—August 28th, 2009—Four star review by Kam Williams
“Vividly recounted… A cautionary documentary about the dire prospects of a culture where people feel most validated by a television camera.”
http://www.dallasblack.com/reviews/movie/frweliveinpublic

See more recent press for WE LIVE IN PUBLIC here:

http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/2009/08/31/reviewers-heart-wlip-says-rotten-tomatoes-press-roundup/

http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/2009/08/28/hot-off-the-presses-for-we-live-in-public/

http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/2009/08/26/nyc-advance-press-accolades/

We are showing the film tonight (or tomorrow morning, depending on how you look at it) at 2:30AM, certainly setting an official record for Weirdest Screening Time Ever at Interloper Films. Because the details via our Burning Man liason are in festival-speak, I’m just going to quote this one…. “we’ll be showing it right on the playa from an art car outside the 3:00 plaza”  Evidently there is a bar on hand and “the art car is either Scotty Soltronic’s famous Solar Saucer (Discovery Channel, etc, famous eco-power device) or a giant pig with a jail as its belly.”   Check at the Social Media Booth in 3:00 Plaza for the most up-to-date info, but let me boil it down for ya.

BURNING MAN
Film: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC
Time: 2:30 in the morning on Friday
Place: By the Solar Saucer or the Giant Jail Pig in the 3:00 plaza

Can somebody take some pictures of this for me? Thanks.

You might not know that between DIG! and WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, director Ondi Timoner made a documentary called JOIN US.  The film follows the story of four families over two years as they attempt to break free from one of the 5000 active cults in America.  It features not only an intimate look at the inner workings of the only accredited live-in cult treatment center in the world, but also includes in-depth interviews with the abusive yet persuasive cult leader himself.  The doc is premiering tonight on the Sundance Channel — check out the SCHEDULE.  You can also see scenes from the film and the trailer at joinusthemovie.com.  Tune in!

“Creepy… An interesting, eerie film…” Ain’t It Cool News
“An unusually intimate experience… Intense drama!”  Variety

WE LIVE IN PUBLIC is getting tons of raves from the media and we are excited to have an 88% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, as of today.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/we_live_in_public/

Look at some the great press that keeps rolling in for WE LIVE IN PUBLIC!  Bloggers like us too…

MTV.com – review by Kurt Loder
“WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, Ondi Timoner’s new documentary about Harris, prompts a number of questions — about the future of privacy, the decay of intimacy, and technological totalitarianism… It’s a maddening, mesmerizing film.”
http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1619798/story.jhtml

New York Daily News
“Compelling… Fascinating…”
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/2009/08/28/2009-08-28_short_movie_reviews_big_fan_still_walking_.html?page=1#ixzz0PUKmWIHt
Fast Company
“Award-winning director Ondi Timoner’s latest documentary is a captivating look at our growing dependence on the Internet.”
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/stephanie-schomer/write/we-live-public

MovieLine
“Ondi Timoner… is gambling her superb, Sundance-winning We Live in Public on the same mass-media concepts that, ironically, doomed her protagonist.”
http://www.movieline.com/2009/08/in-search-for-oscar-and-audience-public-director-goes-it-alone.php

The Brooklyn Socialite
“This was an experiment with human guinea pigs… [the film asks] some very frightening moral questions…”
http://thebrooklynsocialite.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/we-live-in-public-opening-ifc-center/

NYConvergence
“WE LIVE IN PUBLIC is film making at its finest.”
http://www.nyconvergence.com/2009/04/nyconvergence-reviews-we-live-in-public.html

Hammer to Nail
“Even thinking about Ondi Timoner’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film makes me want to cut off my electricity and join a monastery.”
http://www.hammertonail.com/genre/documentary/movies-on-big-screens-theatrical-releases-new-and-old-august-28-2009/

After an incredible opening weekend at the IFC in New York, Josh Harris, the subject of the documentary will continue to hold Q+As all week for audience members who catch us during this limited engagement.  This is a unique opportunity to both see the film on a big screen and get a chance to grill (or ask polite questions of) the star afterward.  New Yorkers, grab your TICKETS now!

Boston, your theatrical run is imminent!  Our opening day is Sept. 4 and Ondi and Josh will be there with bells on over opening weekend to hold Q+As after the screenings.
Brattle Theatre
Cambridge, MA

Check out our star JOSH HARRIS on the front of the Style section in the New York Times today!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/fashion/30harris.html?ref=style