We Live in Public

We Live in Public

Directed by Ondi Timoner

Produced by Interloper Films

200989 min6.9 / 10

A deeply unsettling documentary about surveillance, privacy erosion, and the psychological toll of constant digital exposure in the early internet era.

In 1999, Internet entrepreneur Josh Harris recruits dozens of young men and women who agree to live in underground apartments for weeks at a time while their every movement is broadcast online. Soon, Harris and his girlfriend embark on their own subterranean adventure, with cameras streaming live footage of their meals, arguments, bedroom activities, and bathroom habits. This documentary explores the role of technology in our lives, as it charts the fragile nature of dot-com economy.

Questions people ask

  • Is We Live in Public scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Does We Live in Public end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is We Live in Public violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is We Live in Public sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is We Live in Public easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

81/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity94

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise86

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love65

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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