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PURCHASE THE DVD: On_Line (2002)

If you don't expect much, you won't be disappointed, but sometimes you might even be happily surprised, and that's the case with this 2002 movie.

The movie is about a computer whiz and his roommate, who partner to build a successful Internet adult site which allows participants to webcam each other for money. There are in fact several sites like that on the Internet, and in most cases, on-line sex is the main reason for the exchange.

This could have simply been a sleazy titillation flick, but in fact, it explored these on-line relationships in a very intelligent way, and the result was a very well-done drama exploring the characters behind the on-line personna.

The digital video film was shot in 18 days. The on-line stuff in the movie was for the most part real, but using a local network in a large building rather than the Internet, and much of it is captures of webcam screens, meaning the pictures are webcam quality. In the case of Liz Owens, ALL of her appearances were done this way. This made for a very tough cap, but the webcam stuff had to be included for the clips to make sense, so the clip quality is all over the place, however the movie is definitely something that most Internet users will enjoy.