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‘Here I’m Alive’ Review: A Moody, Docu-Style Ensemble Drama Burrows Deep Into the Big Apple’s Digital Underground
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‘Here I’m Alive’ Review: A Moody, Docu-Style Ensemble Drama Burrows Deep Into the Big Apple’s Digital Underground

The Hollywood Reporter·Jordan Mintzer·3 months ago
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One of the paradoxes about movies set in the digital age is that most of us now spend the majority of our time staring at screens, which is probably the last thing anyone actually wants to watch on another screen. Filmmakers such as Timur Bekmambetov, who’s produced a handful of genre-driven “screenlife” flicks, including Unfriended and Searching , have attempted to incorporate that phenomenon into the aesthetic of the films themsleves, posing intriguing challenges for directors forced to limit the action to a single virtual display. But generally speaking, movies about people stuck in the digital vortex can be a bit of a drag to sit through, failing to offer the kind of escape many of us watch films for in the first place. Here I'm Alive The Bottom Line New York, I love you but you're bringing me down. Venue: Tribeca Festival (U.S.…

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