“It all started when I Googled my name” said Killeen of his movie. And who in today’s day and age hasn’t engaged in just such an activity in a moment of idle “webbing.” The difference here that the filmmaker actually followed up on his findings by not only contacting his namesakes but also traveling to whatever remote location called for to meet and interview the subjects of his search, even discovering (and verifying through genetic testing) a long-lost cousin. Jim Killeen the filmmaker in Los Angeles found, among others, Jim Killeen the priest in Cobh, Ireland, Jim Killeen the retired cop in New York, Jim Killeen the CEO in Melbourne, Australia and Jim Killeen the sexual swinger in Denver. “Google Me” has not only been given the search engine’s blessing, but even features Google’s VP of Engineering, Douglas Merrill, in an insightful interview voicing his sentiments on the subject. Whether an effort to defeat the innumerable self-imposed social barriers erected since the advent of the Internet or out of sheer and simple curiosity, the result is nevertheless telling and enormously entertaining – as well as a provoking commentary on today’s society and how technology has transformed our lives. Due to the premise of the film, Jim Killeen is likely to become a household name. By employing the single yet powerfully intimate common denominator of a person’s name, “Google Me” succeeds in exploring the philosophical subject of identity itself as well as the underlying human conditions that unite us all.

In this open-letter style documentary, Ruby Dee & Ossie Davis' rich lives guide their grandson on his personal quest to master lasting love, conscious art, and undying activism.

世界のインターネット業界で今、劇的な地殻変動が起きつつある。震源地は検索エンジンの雄、「グーグル」だ。 　　八年前スタンフォード大学の学生二人が学生寮から立ち上げたベンチャー企業は、今や時価総額18兆円、ITの巨人マイクロソフトの地位を揺るがそうとしている。 　　躍進の原動力は、ネット検索サービス。世界でグーグルが検索される回数は一日10億回、世界中すべての人間が一日一度はグーグルに向かってキーワードを打ち込むといわれている。世界中が情報をグーグルに頼り、かつ頼らざるをえなくなりつつある。 　　そのインパクトは「グーグル革命」とも呼ばれ、「文明に対し人間が文字を発明して以来の衝撃をもたらしつつある」という指摘もある。 　　検索サービスを核に進化するインターネットの新たな波が、我々の暮らしや社会にどのような影響を及ぼしつつあるのかを伝える。