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Specifications
Colour / Black and white : Couleur
Lengh : 100 mn
Locations and shooting dates : Los Angeles & New York - Jul-06 - 6 weeks - 35 mm
Shooting language : AMERICAN
Working budget : 1 316 000 �
Acquired financing : 617000
(japanese TV presale & equity Investors) �
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Statement
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When I first read the New Yorker article about Paul Monette's harrowing friendship with Tony Johnson, a charismatic 15 year-old boy who captured the hearts of people all over the world, I was riveted.
No one whose life this magical boy touched was unaffected. Tony's friendship inspired people to re-evaluate their lives, and often to abandon their careers in order to take care of him. In short, he became the most important person in each of their lives.
What chills me and at the same time breaks my heart is the question: Why did Paul Monette and so many others need to believe in someone they'd never met, someone who was merely a voice on the other end of the phone? And what would compel so many people, despite the evidence that Tony didn't exist, to insist that he is real? These questions fascinate and touch me most about the story.
This is a modern American tale, a portrait of our culture in which our lives are fueled by our obsession with sensational victims and the cult of celebrity.
Virtual Love is about our deeply human need for faith and belief; a need for connection however we can find it.
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Synopsis
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