Home Page (1998)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Doug Block

Writers:

Doug Block (writer)
Deborah Rosenberg (writer)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Internet | Independent Film

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Joey Anuff	...	Himself
Justin Hall	...	Himself
Jaime Levy	...	Herself
Julie Peterson	...	Herself
Howard Rheingold	...	Himself
Louis Rossetto	...	Himself
John Seabrook	...	Himself
Aliza Sherman	...	Herself
Carl Steadman	...	Himself
Stefanie Syman	...	Herself

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Arte

Boring documentary follows Web designers in mid-90s

This film had possibilities, but it never took advantage of them. Studying the mid-90s rise in Internet and WWW popularity, the director lucked into interviewing Justin Hall, who toured the country and got hired by Hotwired and Electric Minds. Unfortunately, he only gives us brief insight into the lifestyle of the Webhead crowd, trading instead on a soap opera affair between Hotwired employees and footage of Howard Rheingold getting interviewed by foreign news crews. A sappy Baby-Boomer ending doesn't save the film from its own pointlessness; nothing of relevance emerges from the screen. Save your money, and just stick to reading about the modern relevance of the Internet.