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"People are willing to do stupid and dangerous and horrible things in exchange for fame," a journalist rightly remarks in the intriguing "We Live In Public." Ten years in the making, the latest from gifted documentarian Ondi Timoner ("DiG!") sketches a warts-and-all portrait of eccentric internet pioneer Josh Harris, who prophesied our somewhat shameful desire to live our lives online. Beginning in the late 90's, Harris, who describes himself as "one of the first great artists of the 21st century," made and lost a fortune on what he referred to as "projects" in which willing participants allowed their every moves to be broadcast to the worldwide web. We've seen enough reality television by now to know that these things always devolve - the increasingly detached Harris even sacrificed his own relationship on the altar of celebrity - and "We Live In Public" winds down with some scary Orwellian facts about the electronic transmission of information that should serve as a cautionary tale, one that will hopefully be heard among the tweets.
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