
"The inability to connect in a hyper-wired world is old news given fresh voice in this tragicomic indie about the way we live."
"Sharply observational... a WiFi-enabled Funny Ha Ha."
"LOL is a somewhat stunning mirror on the ways we say things without words. [Swanberg] reveals himself to be one of the most emotionally astute young filmmakers working today."
• Director Commentary, with contributions from Kevin Bewersdorf and C. Mason Wells
• Cast Commentary with Joe Swanberg, Kevin Bewersdorf, C. Mason Wells, Greta Gerwig, and Tipper Newton
• Hissy Fits: a short film made as a test for LOL
• Kevin-Casts: video podcasts documenting the making of LOL
• Complete "Noisehead" Videos
• The Artwork of LOL
• Tipper Newton Casting Interview
• Additional Kevin Bewersdorf performance footage
• PLUS: "It's Not You, It's MySpace," a new essay by GreenCine Daily editor David Hudson
From acclaimed auteur Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs, Kissing
on the Mouth), the SXSW Film Festival favorite LOL is a raw, witty and
painfully intimate look at modern sexuality and the technology that either
helps us click or turns us off.
Struggling to balance their online obsessions with the demands of real life,
Alex (Kevin Bewersdorf), Chris (C. Mason Wells) and Tim (Swanberg) are,
like many young men, unable to decipher the mixed messages that everyday
tools of communication offer. Does e-mail help them connect, or are they
alienating their chances for love by viewing women through the dimensions of
a computer screen and the lens of a cameraphone?
Filmed with documentary-like realism and a nonprofessional cast, and
featuring a brilliantly eclectic soundtrack by Bewersdorf, LOL's defiantly
un-Hollywood approach pulls no punches in its up-to-the-second relevance and
honesty about the new male paradigm.
• 2006
• 81 Minutes
• Color
• Dolby Stereo
• 1.33:1 aspect ratio
• In English, with optional subtitles
• NTSC Region All
• Release Date: August 28th, 2007
• UPC: 793573436139
• SRP $27.95

