People's Republic of Desire

**"A contemplation of internet fame and social isolation."**

- New York Times

**“Invariably surprising and never less than compelling.”**

- Los Angeles Times

**“Bleak, fascinating… the techno-dystopian future is now.”**

- AV Club

"Tragic and terrifying in equal measure."

- IndieWire

"Yes, *Black Mirror* is already here."

- Ars Technica

“His thought-provoking film reveals a bitter irony not limited to livestreaming: that the connection that technology was meant to provide has isolated people, too.“
- The Economist

"It's the future that awaits our current iterations of YouTube vloggers and Twitch streams."
- RogerEbert.com

"Provocative and unsettling...”
- Variety

"Reckoning the cost of fame."
- Hollywood Reporter

"In its deceptively glitzy and glib investigation into this virtual dystopia, People’s Republic of Desire suggests that the specter haunting our brave new world these days is not communism, but the familiar evils of vanity, materialism, inanity, and bad taste."
-Boston Globe

“Equally fascinating, sad and scary.”
- San Francisco Chronicle

"Lonely shadows where the lines between online and offline dissolve."
- Slate Magazine

“A terrifying glimpse at what might be the future of human interaction."
- The Wrap

“A digital fantasy world where culture has been abandoned in favor of commerce.”
- Seattle Times

“Provocative and heartfelt.”
- CNET