FILM 1923: SEARCHING

FILM 1923: SEARCHING

TRIVIA: The film took just 13 days to shoot. However, it took two years to make due to the prep, editing and animating.

For the German, Spanish, French, Russian and Portuguese versions of the movie, every TV/phone/computer screen was recreated in its respective language, as well as every typing sequence, keystroke by keystroke.

While the film features computer operating systems, programs and (mostly) websites, they were re-created from scratch and animated on computers.

Since this movie takes place on a mock computer screen just like a previous film, Unfriended (2014), there is a small nod to that movie during the very first Facebook scene. The name "Laura Barns," a character from Unfriended, appears on the top right screen as a trending topic. It was shown very briefly.

This was the feature film directorial debut of Aneesh Chaganty.

Throughout the movie various news articles hint to an alien invasion that happening at the same time.

During one of the earlier Facebook scenes, trending topics can be seen at the top right corner of the screen. One of the topics is simply "The Dress". This is a reference to a photo of a dress that became a viral internet sensation in February 2015 when viewers disagreed over whether the dress was coloured black and blue, or white and gold.