Sextortion emails are, unfortunately, nothing new but their proliferation has most definitely increased over the years, with many of us personally knowing someone who has felt that lurch of panic upon receiving one. When director Eugene Kolb found himself confronted with the scam, he was intrigued by the questions that it prompted and felt compelled to speak to others to find out what they had experienced and so his latest film ur heinous habit was born. With 12 searingly open, honest and expressive friends offering up their own stories of shame, masturbation and the internet, Kolb combined androgynous 2D characters and anonymous first person confessions with some lightly sexualised hands and a quirky, beating soundtrack to bring together his highly entertaining animated documentary short. We invited Kolb to speak to us about the challenge presented by paring down hours of Zoom conversations into 12 minutes of sound bites, the staggering honesty he...
- 3/22/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
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