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I’m not sure if the poster for Ondi Timoner’s documentary We Live in Public is the first poster to feature quotes from Twitter, but it’s definitely the first poster I’ve seen quoting @ names.

I screened this film at Sundance, but never got the chance to write a review at the time. You can read David Chen’s review and interview with Timoner here. Any techie will probably want to check this out. The film tells the story of Josh Harris, an Internet pioneer who was ahead of his time, and founded the Internet’s first television network. But most interesting is the section where you learn about this project Harris curated and funded in an underground bunker in NYC where 100 people lived together on camera for 30 days at the turn of the millennium.

Back to the poster, the quotes aren’t really from random twitter users (for the most part). For example, @aplusk and @mrskutcher are both quoted, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore respectively. Also on the poster are tweets from Trent Reznor and our friend Scott from WeAreMovieGeeks. You can check out a new movie trailer from the film which appeared today on MySpace. Check out the full poster and new trailer after the jump.

The Poster:

We Live in Public Poster

The Trailer:

  • [A]
    Effin' retarded.
  • It makes sense, considering the content of the documentary. It's a movie about the internet and constant connectivity, at its core. Now, if the next Die Hard movie has Twitter pull quotes, then yeah, that's just about as bad as the TV spots that interview audience members who are clearly hired actors.
  • Looks crazy! When's it come out?
  • Wow this looks interesting. DIG! was outstanding and this looks like it takes on similar grungy tones. I also like how they've quoted people on the poster but used their twitter @name instead of their real name. That's still counts, right? Clever.
  • Hey guys!

    Thanks all for your interest in the film. If you want to find out more information please visit.

    http://www.weliveinpublicthemovie.com/

    We are pumped about the release coming up this Friday, August 28th in New York at the IFC Center. It will be there for about two weeks so be sure to catch a showing. You will not regret it. If you are not in NY do not worry! Check the website often to see if it comes to a theater near you.
  • Trent on a movie poster! Hah.
  • Alejandra Fitzsimons
    please don t shy away only cause of the trailer..
  • Great stuff.
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