Some films have a bad habit of avoiding technology — just think of every horror movie where someone's phone is dead or can't find a network. So last weekend when I saw Personal Shopper — the new thriller / supernatural drama starring Kristen Stewart — I was pretty surprised to see just how much of an emphasis it put on connectivity.
Throughout the film, Stewart watches multiple YouTube videos to learn about history — which we, the viewer, watch in part through a camera trained right on her phone. It's an accurate depiction of how we consume media today, but it's also kind of bizarre seeing a video on an iPhone projected onto a giant movie theater screen.
The movie also features an extended iMessage conversation with a mysterious stalker....
