‘Searching’ is the rare movie about the internet that actually gets the internet

‘Searching’ is the rare movie about the internet that actually gets the internet

September 5, 2018 Off By WhoThatCelebsRS

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At first glance, Searching was like merely another cautionary tale about the dangers of the internet.

John Cho comedies David, a pa who probes into his daughter’s virtual life after she goes missing. As you’d guess, he soon detects there was a whole other side to his beloved Margot( Michelle La) that he never knew.

But of all the film’s twistings and turns( and it’s a mystery thriller, so there are plenty ), the most difficult one might be that it’s not really anti-technology at all.

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To director Aneesh Chaganty, this was key. “Everything, everything we watch about technology is about how our screens are alienating us, how we’re preoccupied with likes, how AI is going to take over countries around the world so we should just stock up on our canned foods now, ” he told Mashable earlier this month in LA. Read more …

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