Within the span of 15 minutes, CONTENT: The Lo-Fi Man, an outrageously funny satirical short by Brian Lonano and Blake Myers, slides through the genres of nerdy film documentary to viral YouTube channel to sci-fi dystopia and body-horror, with a Japanese-style monster movie ending. While the film is unflaggingly entertaining with its witty script and brilliantly inventive low-budget visual design, Lonano and Myers use their genre satires to investigate the absurdity of our particular moment in the history of the uneasy relationship between artists and capital. Internet video emerged almost two decades ago, with its promise that everyone in the world would soon have the means to star in their own hit TV show.
Media Circus: CONTENT: The Lo-Fi Man
Media Circus: CONTENT: The Lo-Fi Man
Media Circus: CONTENT: The Lo-Fi Man
Within the span of 15 minutes, CONTENT: The Lo-Fi Man, an outrageously funny satirical short by Brian Lonano and Blake Myers, slides through the genres of nerdy film documentary to viral YouTube channel to sci-fi dystopia and body-horror, with a Japanese-style monster movie ending. While the film is unflaggingly entertaining with its witty script and brilliantly inventive low-budget visual design, Lonano and Myers use their genre satires to investigate the absurdity of our particular moment in the history of the uneasy relationship between artists and capital. Internet video emerged almost two decades ago, with its promise that everyone in the world would soon have the means to star in their own hit TV show.