Repost: Disconnect (August 16th and 17th at the Cleveland Cinematheque)

[DISCONNECT screens Friday August 16th at 9:30 pm and Saturday August 17th at 7:15 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]

Review by Pamela Zoslov

What did the Internet ever do to the filmmakers behind DISCONNECT, a cautionary tale about modern computer technology? The independently made film is thematically reminiscent of antique propaganda flicks like REEFER MADNESS, except that the perils it warns against are smartphones, PCs and iPads rather than marijuana. In the mode of Paul Haggis' CRASH, DISCONNECT is composed of intertwined stories about the emotional alienation produced by our techno-crazy society. Evidently the benefits of computers – information, knowledge, entertainment, the review you are reading – mean nothing in the face of the Web's many scary dangers.

Disconnect

Review by Pamela Zoslov

What did the Internet ever do to the filmmakers behind DISCONNECT, a cautionary tale about modern computer technology? The independently made film is thematically reminiscent of antique propaganda flicks like REEFER MADNESS, except that the perils it warns against are smartphones, PCs and iPads rather than marijuana. In the mode of Paul Haggis' CRASH, DISCONNECT is composed of intertwined stories about the emotional alienation produced by our techno-crazy society. Evidently the benefits of computers – information, knowledge, entertainment, the review you are reading – mean nothing in the face of the Web's many scary dangers.