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Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator

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Molotov reconnects with Abigail and they rekindle their relationship. The two even consider starting a family, but after Molotov realizes that he is immortal he abandons the thought of having children. For the first time, he misses his real world life. Abigail announces that she has found a way out
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home and enters a virtual world called Second Life as an avatar named Molotov Alva. He arrives with no possessions, not even clothing. He begins by building his own home and furnishing it with objects he discovers during his travels. Alva decides that his new home is merely a trap, one that keeps him
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Having solved the riddle of the Creator, Molotov sets out to become one himself. The high demand for his products attracts the attention of a large company, which crushes him with their mass-produced goods. Molotov tries to escape to a desert island, only to find that the corporations have made it
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Molotov decides to search for a mate and settle down. Various misadventures ensue until Molotov finally meets Abigail. They set up house together but are continually troubled by their inability to have physical intimacy. Orhalla ultimately appears with news that he's found the Creator. Orhalla
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tied to memories of the life he'd just left. Molotov eventually gets rid of his home and continues on his journey, where he meets a hobo named Orhalla Zander, who introduces the "Five Ways of the Seeker".
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ultimately brings Molotov to the Oracle, who explains that there is no one single creator of Second Life, but that it is, instead, a world made by its users, each of whom is the Creator.
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of this virtual world and leaves. Molotov realizes that Abigail is the only real thing he's found in this virtual world and follows after her.
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Documentary Films in August, 2007, marking the first time a US television network purchased a series which premiered on
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was commissioned and co-produced in 2006 by Submarine Channel, a Dutch internet production company, and co-produced by
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Molotov and Orhalla search for the Creator of Second Life. Their journey brings them into contact with
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Film Festival in 2007. It subsequently appeared in festivals around the world, including the
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on May 15, 2008. The final four episodes were distributed via Video On Demand,
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Molotov's anger with this virtual world's shortcomings leads him to become a “
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in February 2007. A rough cut of the documentary premiered at Toronto's
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Molotov's Dispatches in Search of the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey
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tells the story of a man's passage from his real (analog) life in
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Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey
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Molotov Alva
documentary film
Douglas Gayeton
Petaluma
California
Linden Lab
virtual world
Second Life
machinima
VPRO
YouTube
Hot Docs
Tokyo International Film Festival
SXSW
HBO
YouTube
Cinemax
iTunes
YouTube
Petaluma, California
Gorean
Cyberpunks
Furries
griefer
"Cybertainment: New lives, new worlds, new jokes"
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Making Molotov
Cinemax Documentary Asks Why Second Life
Archived
Wayback Machine

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