The terrors of technology are addressed with ersatz even-handedness by Dsknectd, a film as clumsy as the spelling of its title.
Dominic White's documentary addresses our gadget infatuation by addressing three topics — texting, online gaming, and social media — with a mixture of begrudging acceptance that usage paradigms aren't drastically going to change, and outright fear-mongering regarding the horrible, terrible, cataclysmic consequences that await iPhone- and Twitter-loving youngsters.
The talking heads temper their comments just enough to avoid sounding like doomsday prophets, and the film acknowledges that our Internet-enabled devices can be constructive tools for interpersonal, cultural, and professional interaction.
Yet the film is d...
Dominic White's documentary addresses our gadget infatuation by addressing three topics — texting, online gaming, and social media — with a mixture of begrudging acceptance that usage paradigms aren't drastically going to change, and outright fear-mongering regarding the horrible, terrible, cataclysmic consequences that await iPhone- and Twitter-loving youngsters.
The talking heads temper their comments just enough to avoid sounding like doomsday prophets, and the film acknowledges that our Internet-enabled devices can be constructive tools for interpersonal, cultural, and professional interaction.
Yet the film is d...
- 6/4/2014
- Village Voice
The 21st century has always promised to usher in grand new technologies. But instead of the flying cars society has always envisioned, people around the world are moving forward with the smartphone. The upcoming documentary, ‘Dsknectd,’ explores how social media is changing the way people are interacting with each other. Shockya has an exclusive new clip from the film, titled ‘A Virtual World,’ to showcase how the evolving way people are interacting with each other is both good and bad. ‘Dsknectd,’ which was written and directed by Dominic H. White, is set to be distributed on VOD on Tuesday by Gravitas Ventures. The film, which explores how mobile devices and [ Read More ]
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- 5/29/2014
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
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