In the era of fake news and alternative facts, and of people constructing their own custom-made versions of reality, Penny Lane's The Pain of Others feels very timely, to say the least. Defying any expectations and preconceived notions, Lane's perfectly titled "body-horror doc" acts as a challenging and thought-provoking sociological study of one unusual YouTube community (which, with Maxim Pozdorovkin's Our New President also on the fest circuit this year, makes me think "YouTube behavioral psy...
YouTube Body Horror: Penny Lane on Her Morgellons Disease Doc, The Pain of Others
Filmmaker Magazine - 25 Jun 2018 20:46
In the era of fake news and alternative facts, and of people constructing their own custom-made versions of reality, Penny Lane's The Pain of Others feels very timely, to say the least. Defying any expectations and preconceived notions, Lane's perfectly titled "body-horror doc" acts as a challenging and thought-provoking sociological study of one unusual YouTube community (which, with Maxim Pozdorovkin's Our New President also on the fest circuit this year, makes me think "YouTube behavioral psy...
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