The Love Machine (1999)
Directed by Gordon Erickson
Genres - Comedy |
Sub-Genres - Mockumentary, Satire |
Run Time - 83 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
As Kurt Vonnegut once put it, "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be very careful with what we pretend to be." A light variation on this theme is presented in the mock-documentary The Love Machine, in which a filmmaker (played by Marlene Forte) examines several Internet sex sites, and then pays a visit to the people behind the electronic facades. As it turns out, the flesh-and-blood people don't bear a great deal of resemblance to their on-line images or personalities. Gordon Ericksen's satire received its premier at the 1999 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival.
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alter-ego, filmmaker, Internet, sex, website