FILM SERIES

Photographing the Ether: The Internet on Film, 1983—2022

 
 
Apr 8—Apr 13, 2022
 
   
 
 
 
 
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Programmed by Jane Schoenbrun

Leading into our run of Jane Schoenbrun’s We're All Going to the World's Fair, BAM presents this selection of films about life online as reflected in the movies. The series ranges from early internet studio oddities to recent documentaries about the way we live online now, illuminating Chris Marker’s video game obsession, millennial Japanese cinema’s reckoning with the changes the internet brought to human connection, and more. Looking at the wide-ranging modes filmmakers have used to explain our new world, reflecting fascination and fear, these films are a vivid depiction of our virtual world.


 
PAST EVENTS
Videodrome
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Videodrome
 

In this 1983 sci-fi body horror classic, a TV exec gets caught up in a body-destroying alternate world.

Fri, Apr 8, 2022
 
 
 Unfriended
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Unfriended
 

A supernatural, revenge-seeking force tortures teenagers through their computer screens.

Fri, Apr 8, 2022
 
 
Matrix
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The Matrix
 

A computer hacker joins the battle to destroy the evil cyber-illusion enslaving humanity.

Sat, Apr 9, 2022
 
 
Hackers
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Hackers
 

Hackers Johnny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie fight corporate greed for cyberpunk thrills.

Sat, Apr 9, 2022
 
 
All About Lily Chou Cho
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All About Lily Chou-Chou
 

A prescient story about a bullied 8th grader who finds relief through managing a pop star’s fan site.

Sun, Apr 10, 2022
 
 
Kati Kelly
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Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape
 

Jane Schoenbrun and Jordan Wippell curate a feature “mixtape” of YouTube artist Kati Kelli.

Sun, Apr 10, 2022
 
 
Self Induced Hallucination
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A Self-Induced Hallucination
 

This archival documentary unpacks Slenderman, an online boogeyman created by the internet.

Sun, Apr 10, 2022
 
 
The Human Surge
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The Human Surge
 

A thrillingly unclassifiable exploration of alienation in the age of hyper-connection.

Sun, Apr 10, 2022
 
 
Nerve
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Nerve
 

A competitive high schooler joins Nerve, risking her future for a sinister online game.

Mon, Apr 11, 2022
 
 
Level Five Red
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Level Five
 

A video game programmer is haunted by her dead lover in this sci-fi take on war and trauma.

Tue, Apr 12, 2022
 
 
Pulse
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Pulse
 

Following a suicide, malevolent spirits take over the Internet in this influential horror film.

Tue, Apr 12, 2022
 
 
Crestone Gems
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Crestone + Hi I Need to Be Loved
 

In this pairing, Marnie Ellen Hertzler explores relationships and technology that define us.

Wed, Apr 13, 2022
 
 
the pain of others
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The Pain of Others + Watching The Pain of Others
 

Penny Lane’s provocative documentary screens with Chloé Galibert-Laîné’s response to it.

Wed, Apr 13, 2022