from the production notes:
"Four Eyed Monsters is an autobiographical film about how Arin Crumley & Susan Buice met in 2002 and really didn’t speak for the first 4 months of their relationship. They treated their relationship as an experiment to learn what love is, document their experiences and then present their findings."
and from arin:
"We made a feature length film called Four Eyed Monsters. The film tells the true story of how Susan and I met online and I stalked her at her work and then we ended up dating but with a rule to never speak in person. Then our lives and minds begin to meld and our fantasies and fears manifest as we become a living breathing Four Eyed Monster."
we live in a society now that's so media and technology-based, and a lot of what we've read/discussed in class about postmodernism sort of sees that as a negative thing, and i suppose in a lot of ways it can be. what four eyed monsters does is show us that there can still be something beautiful in all of it, something small and passionate and extremely artistic. the film shows this through the story of arin and susan's relationship, while aspects of media culture are used not only to bring the film to the audience, but in a very true way this relationship happened because of the culture we live in. the film makes us take a new look at art, people, relationships, communication, connection, sex, love, and what we thought we knew about any of it.
the entire film & accompanying podcasts are up on the film's website and myspace. everyone should check it out if they have the time and want to see it, it's really adorable. i'm happy i was shown it.
http://foureyedmonsters.com/
http://www.myspace.com/foureyedmonsters
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