August 30, 2006
"LOL" Film Premieres in Chicago
Lumino Magazine reviews a movie entitled “LOL”, previewed at The Chicago Underground Film Festival last week.
"Shot in Chicago, "LOL" is part of a series of films made over the last few years that fulfill the promise of cheap filmmaking equipment combined with local inspiration.
The film was made last summer, and drew heavily on the director’s and writers’ real experiences. The characters are based on the actors themselves, and one actor’s girlfriend even plays herself, complete with real phone messages and pictures from the time when their relationship was a long distance one.
... The making of “LOL” is often what the movie is about. Email was used to transfer the noiseheads. The movie was probably cut on a laptop (maybe even the one Tim describes as a “sexy machine”). Music was coordinated over phone and email while Bewersdorf was in Europe. This movie couldn’t have been made only a few years before, not only because of the technical limitations, but because many of its specifics wouldn’t have existed.
View the trailer!
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