The film Eddington criticizes the notion that technology served as a savior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of focusing on the health impact, it depicts a community grappling with misinformation, paranoia, and emotional turmoil exacerbated by digital technology. Set in a small town during the pandemic's onset, the narrative illustrates how constant online engagement breeds confusion, reducing logical reasoning. By integrating social media and messaging visuals into storytelling, the film vividly presents a world where digital interaction overshadows genuine human connection.
The film Eddington, now in theaters, gleefully rebukes Zuckerberg's assertion, studying the misinformation, paranoia, and outrage that grew amid the internet's dominance during social isolation.
Eddington captures what happens when a community can't log off: people becoming stupefied by the illusion of connection, and muting logic in the process.
The movie is nasty and cynical—and also eerily accurate in its rendering of the digital reality of pandemic life.
Eddington isn't the first film to take advantage of virtual world-building by incorporating social-media feeds and messaging apps into its visuals.
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