INTERNET LOVE World Cinema

A transcontinental love story that follows
electronic pen pals in Los Angeles and
Germany who start getting amorous,
INTERNET LOVE is as much about the
dehumanizing effect of computers as it is
about the questionable authenticity of
any idealized relationships. When the
heartsick Laura gets too frustrated in
Germany dating Daniel through her
keyboard, her virtual lover invites her to
fly out to Southern California and see him
in person. Laura eagerly accepts and ends
up in America, where the pair realizes
there’s no chemistry between them.
Filmmaker Schmidt tapped L.A.’s
Playhouse West to assemble his cast.
whom he encouraged to improvise. The
result is a revelation of spontaneous
energy, while also lending an unexpected
urgency to the much more compelling
theme of human fulfillment in the
modern age.
Selected Filmography:
Nachtmittags (1964); Der Fan (1981); Das Gold der
Liebe (1983); Alpha City (1985); Midnight Blue (1991);
Undine (1992); Der Sandmann (1993); Broken Hearts
(1996); Internet Love (1998)
Print Source:
Raphaela Film GmbH