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We live in a world that is full of sensory overload where celebrities seem closer than ever thanks to the immediate access to social media. For better or worse, we have an intimate window in which we can peer into the lives of our favorite actors, models, athletes, celebrities, etc. This also means that the ultra-obsessed have an easier path to do the unthinkable. In Nacho Vigalondo’s (Timecrimes/Los cronoscrimenes) next film, Open Windows, he analyzes this very notion of celebrity and privacy (or lack thereof) with Elijah Wood (Cooties) and Sasha Grey (The Girlfriend Experience).
Wood stars as Nick, a fan of an actress, Jill, played by Grey. After winning a dinner date with her, he’s rebuffed by her as she refuses to follow through with it. A mysterious man then gives Nick complete access to Grey through all forms of screens and windows, such as her tablet, phone, laptop, etc., allowing Nick an intimate look at Jill’s personal life. From what I’ve read, Open Windows is seen through the aforementioned windows/screen rather than through a traditional camera, which sounds absolutely amazing if its execution is sound.
Open Windows will be released into the big window that is the theater screen on September 29th. You can read the film’s official synopsis below:
Jill, the most exciting actress of the moment, refuses to have dinner with Nick, a fan who won a date with her in an Internet contest organized by the distributor of her latest film. In return, a guy named Chord, posing as Jill’s campaign manager, help Nick to follow in the footsteps of the actress from his own computer. Nick starts a game in which he realizes that is only a puppet into the manic plans devised by Chord, to hunt down the star.