, <b>Gibson oversaw a filming process that generated more<br />
than 200 hours of footage</b>. Letting users in the San Francisco area on<br />
that day opt in by checking a box during their postings, the film<br />
represents a truly haphazard sampling of tech-age Americana. </p>
<p>And the results are out there. <b>An Ethel Merman drag queen searches<br />
for the perfect backup band for her Led Zeppelin covers</b>; a metal chef<br />
who names all his dishes after Slayer songs lands employment; a woman<br />
who just lost her friend in a car accident searches for a new roommate;<br />
and “normal” folks look to unload six strollers and <b>250 pairs of Army<br />
surplus women’s pants</b>, respectively, the latter for a bag of freshly<br />
made cookies. Heck, there’s even a <a href=)
diabetic cat support group.
It isn’t necessarily deep on plumbing sociological insights, but where 24 Hours on Craigslist
really comes alive is in its voluminous slate of DVD extras — over four
hours of deleted scenes and bonus footage, including a 15-minute
making-of documentary on the marshalling of resources, a 16-minute look
at the staff of craigslist.org and, yes, an interview with Newark
himself. Still, will people find this entertaining? Will they pay money
to extend their “brand” experience and watch a movie about a web site?
Don’t bet against it. At the very least they’ll swap it on the site. C+ (Movie) A- (Disc)
Nice read. You think they would have, like, mounted another dvd sell-thru campaign or something, pegged to THE SOCIAL NETWORK, but I hadn’t heard about this movie until just stumbling upon this link on imdb, where someone mentioned it alongside that ‘140’ Twitter film.
When’s the MySpace film coming, by the way, lol? 😉