About a year ago I mentioned an independent movie titled Four Eyed Monsters which was being promoted at the time via a making-of podcast. Since then, the film has been screened in several cities (though not Atlanta) and won a number of awards.
Well, I just discovered today that it will be screening in over 30 cities starting on Valentine’s Day, including, finally, Atlanta at Cinefest. The screenings are all one time events and with the DVD of the film coming soon, this may be your last chance to see it in a theater and the last chance fur us to show that self distribution really has become a viable alternative (which is really one of my key interests in the film).
Here’s the description taken from the Cinefest site:
Arin is a wannabe filmmaker and highly inexperienced with love, despite the fact that he spends most of his time editing wedding videos. In one of the most populous cities in the world, he is alone and tormented by the beautiful women he sees everywhere. He turns to the Internet. Susan is an art school graduate working as a waitress and suffering from a lack of inspiration. She receives a message from Arin, but since she’s tired of dating, especially online, she suggests that he should just stop by her work. Arin is too shy to introduce himself. So instead, he follows her home without her knowing and emails her pictures of her mundane daily trudge. She is intrigued. They decide to meet up, but in an attempt to keep their interaction interesting, they make a pact to not speak to one another. As their romance develops, they only write, draw, email, text, have sex, instant message, and make videos for each other. No talking. Susan’s creative clouds begin to lift, and Arin’s dry spell has ended. Unfortunately, a new world of more complicated problems is discovered, and they are forced to deal with intimacy as they meld together and create a monster.