Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology

This article is about the 2011 film. For the 2008 Benny Chan film, see Connected (2008 film). For the 2020 animated comedy film, see Connected (2020 film).

Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology
Connected poster
Directed byTiffany Shlain
Written byTiffany Shlain
Carlton Evans
Sawyer Steele
Ken Goldberg
Produced byTiffany Shlain
Carlton Evans
Narrated byPeter Coyote
Edited byDalan McNabola
Tiffany Shlain
Sawyer Steele
Music byGunnard Doboze
Distributed byPaladin Films (US)
ro*co films (outside US)
Release date
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death, & Technology is an autobiographical documentary film directed by Tiffany Shlain, dedicated to her father.[1] The film depicts a year in which Tiffany Shlain has a high-risk pregnancy and her father, Leonard Shlain, has brain cancer. It uses a mix of animation, archival footage, and home movies, and has themes of connection between people and the world.[2]

The production of the film took four years, and is Shlain's eighth film. Leonard Shlain died in 2009 and did not see the finished film.[3]

Release

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2011,[4] and opened theatrically in 11 cities including San Francisco,[5] Marin, Berkeley, Monterey, Seattle, Denver, Portland,[6] LA[7] and New York[8] in the fall of 2011 in a theatrical tour. In 2012 Connected was selected by the U.S. State Department to tour with The American Film Showcase to represent America.[9] With the American Film Showcase, the film was sent to embassies around the world[10] and Tiffany Shlain traveled to South Africa[11] and Israel to screen the film and teach filmmaking workshops. In Tiffany Shlain's AOL Original series, The Future Starts Here there is an episode in Season 2 called Punk Rock Diplomacy depicting about her tour with the American Film Showcase.[12]

Reception

Critical reception has been mixed. The film received 36% positive reviews on the aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[13]

Awards and festivals

References

  1. ^ "Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology". IMDb. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
  2. ^ "Synopsis" Archived 2011-01-27 at the Wayback Machine connectedthefilm.com, accessed February 14, 2012
  3. ^ Macaulay, Scott (October 16, 2011). "Director Tiffany Shlain on Connected - Filmmaker Magazine".
  4. ^ "The 10 Best Films From Sundance 2011". pastemagazine.com. February 2, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  5. ^ Guadan, Deborah (September 15, 2011). "Movies opening this week, Sept. 15". The San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  6. ^ "Tiffany Shlain's Connected, opening this weekend / Boing Boing". boingboing.net. September 14, 2011.
  7. ^ Los Angeles Times (September 4, 2011). "Fall Sneaks list". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  8. ^ Kehr, Dave (September 16, 2011). "October Release Schedule". The New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
  9. ^ "Local Filmmaker to Become a US Film Ambassador - The Bay Citizen". The Bay Citizen. Retrieved January 27, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ^ "AFS 2012 – American Film Showcase". usc.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  11. ^ "American Film Showcase: 'Connected' in Cape Town". International Documentary Association. October 2, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  12. ^ "Punk Rock Diplomacy: What Is It And What Can It Do For The World?". The Huffington Post. October 31, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
  13. ^ "Connected". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
  14. ^ "2012 (I) Winners". thelamovieawards.com. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
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