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Jetée · 07-29-2009, 06:16 PM

My first superb instance of a live short film is something that was created nearly a decade ago, but it still portrays the personalities and happenstances of cyber-culture very well, particularly that of chat rooms and message boards.

The Parlor
Written & Directed by Geoffrey Haley
Released as a feature in 2001

A group of people come together in an anonymous waiting room.
All are wearing name tags. As they exchange small talk, though, we realize there's something odd:
some of them are saying things about themselves that are clearly false,
like the middle-aged man "Beth" and another middle-aged man hitting on a 14-year-old girl.
Won the AFI Fest Audience Award, as well as the Sundance Film Festival Short Filmmaking Award

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Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	The Parlor My first superb instance of a live short film is something that was created nearly a decade ago, but it still portrays the personalities and happenstances of cyber-culture very well, particularly that of chat rooms and message boards. The Parlor Written & Directed by Geoffrey Haley Released as a feature in 2001 A group of people come together in an anonymous waiting room. All are wearing name tags. As they exchange small talk, though, we realize there's something odd: some of them are saying things about themselves that are clearly false, like the middle-aged man "Beth" and another middle-aged man hitting on a 14-year-old girl. Won the AFI Fest Audience Award, as well as the Sundance Film Festival Short Filmmaking Award __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi