We Live in Public
In 1999, Internet entrepreneur Josh Harris recruits dozens of young men and women who agree to live in underground apartments for weeks at a time while their every movement is broadcast online. Soon, Harris and his girlfriend embark on their own subterranean adventure, with cameras streaming live footage of their meals, arguments, bedroom activities, and bathroom habits. This documentary explores the role of technology in our lives, as it charts the fragile nature of dot-com economy.
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Josh Harris
Self
Douglas Rushkoff
Author
Nacho Platas
Software Developer, Operator 11
Jason Calacanis
Internet Mogul
Cal Chamberlain
Producer/Host, Pseudo
Leo Fernekes
Surveillance Artist
Fred Wilson
Venture Capitalist
Joshua White
Director of Production, Pseudo
Jess Zaino
Host, Pseudo
V. Owen Bush
Artist
David Hershkovits
Founder/Editor, Paper Magazine
Adeo Ressi
Internet Entrepreneur
Anthony Haden-Guest
Writer / Reporter / Cartoonist
Brett Brewer
Co-Founder, MySpace
Bob Simon
Host, 60 Minutes (archive footage)
Tom Harris
Josh's Oldest Brother
Jon Harris
Josh's Brother
Tanya Corrin
Host, Pseudo
Jeff Gompertz
Artist
Feedbuck
Video Artist
Leo Koenig
Art Dealer
Gabriel Snyder
Journalist, Variety/NY Observer
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
The Dandy Warhols (archive footage)
Ashkan Sahihi
Interrogation Artist
Harold Kaufman
Psychiatrist, CIA
Max Heller
Documentary Cameraman
Missy Galore
Performance Artist
Michael Portnoy
Performance Artist
Alanna Heiss
Director, MoMA PS1
Zero Boy
Artist
Donna Ferrato
Photographer
Alfredo Martinez
Artillery Artist
Gabrielle Penabaz
Bartender
Cynthia Braun
Citizen of Quiet
Theo Cerigo
Citizen of Quiet
Nico Haupt
Citizen of Quiet
David Amron
Josh's Childhood Friend
Jeffrey Deitch
Art Dealer
Dara Birnbaum
Video Artist
Abby Ellin
Journalist, NY Times
Marc Geiger
Dot-Com Entrepreneur
Nikolas van Egten
Citizen of Quiet
Alex Arcadia
Artist
Andy Morris
Publicist
Chris DeWolfe
CEO/Founder, MySpace
Robert Galinsky
Producer, Pseudo
Nancy Smith
Artist
Ondi Timoner
Narrator (voice)
Timothy "Speed" Levitch
Self
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