“Strikes A Chord”

Qwipster-dot-net’s in Santa Barbara, CA posted the following comment about our film:

Four-Eyed Monsters is fascinating for a unique depiction of a new type of courtship, effectively capturing how the new generation communicates and relates to one another through multimedia outlets like computers, videos, audio, text messages, MySpace, and other non-physical sources. If one were to look at it in a more cynical light, their idealized opinions of one another keep them interested, but both individuals find it easier to express themselves by channeling these feelings through another process — verbal connections and physical embraces are as foreign to them as their art is to those not in the same creative realm. As far as the film itself goes, it’s a short and very low budget film, with actors that aren’t professional (though not exactly amateurish either) and a somewhat narcissistic bent that is often inherent in an artistic treatment like this. When the whole film consists of two people putting themselves out there, everything they think, hope, dream, and despair about, it’s not a given that the audience will find a personal connection with it, depending on their frames of reference. I think it helps to have an attraction to the need for self-expression that exists in nearly every artist, as the film is the embodiment of two artists conveying how they feel to one another through words, symbols, reflections, and technological devices. It’s not an easy film to like, as it is quite pessimistic at times, but if you’ve ever had a relationship that has existed through mostly digital means, you may find it strikes a chord in you.