The Lost Shoe Project
We went to see In Search of a Midnight Kiss about a month ago, maybe more. It’s a quirky artistic movie, with a quirky artistic character who at one point mentions that she likes to take photos of shoes, and publishes them on her quirky artistic website called “thelostshoeproject.com”. Seeing this, I was sitting in the cinema burning with curiosity. I had to know if the website really exists, and really does have photos of lost shoes. …but then I forgot all about it ….until now.
thelostshoeproject.com
So looking at it now, I was expecting to either find:
But I’m not sure what to make of this site. It does really exist, and has photos of lost shoes. No mention of the movie, but a very personal little account of what the site is about, complete with a very personal looking email address. “Have you found a lost shoe? Send me a picture and tell me your story…”, and an unpolished “coming soon” section, all of which makes me think it is not an official site by the makers of the movie.
Maybe this is some clever double-bluffing. It could all be designed to harvest email addresses or generate confused blog posts like this, which help promote the movie.
Or am I being too cynical. It really is someone’s little quirky artistic pet project, which the script writer randomly came across and decided to write into the movie.
….Nah! Surely not. There’s only one way to find out. Anyone lost a shoe?
sushubh wrote:
saw the movie googled for it checked the website then came here looking for the connection
i want to know the connection as well!
Posted on 21-Oct-08 at 7:50 pm | Permalink
jenny wrote:
Just wondered if you noticed that the shoes shown in the movie are also on the website.
Posted on 27-Dec-08 at 7:25 am | Permalink
Harry Wood wrote:
Oh right. I saw the movie in the cinema a few months earlier. My memory wasn’t that good, but that’s interesting. So they must’ve asked permission from the owner of the website to show those photos in the movie, or maybe the movie director knows the owner of the website somehow… or one of the more cynical scenarios.
Posted on 28-Dec-08 at 8:38 pm | Permalink
far wrote:
mm.. that picture where u can see in the background “pizza by the slice”. I think the characters have lunch there or something. is this correct?
Posted on 05-Mar-09 at 2:35 am | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
that’s not a picture.
it’s the first shot after the shoe montage, and you think it’s a still, untill the PIZZA sign lights up…
Posted on 19-Mar-09 at 4:38 am | Permalink
philip wrote:
one of shoes is actually mine! the thing is, there is no contact address to claim it back.
(the truth is; the movie was great, and i was also intrigued by the project). there is so much talent out there!
Posted on 21-Jun-09 at 11:23 pm | Permalink
The Moskva wrote:
I was curious about the lost shoe project and found this blog. I can see that its been a few months since anyone has written to this thread but I just thought I would mention that in the credits it says Johanna Jarcho both created and photographed the LOstShoEproJect>Com…
Posted on 08-Sep-09 at 5:36 am | Permalink
Randy Hamilton wrote:
They stole the idea of lost shoes from me, I have been on CNN and many other shows a few years before they came up with the idea for the movie. I must say I am pretty pissed off. Trust me I have way more lost soles than “she” does and have been doing it since 2004!!!!!
Posted on 05-Jan-10 at 4:00 am | Permalink
Harry Wood wrote:
bummer. Maybe you should collaborate. I like your oneshoediaries.com map. Imagine a collaborative project with geolocated photos of shoes contributed by anyone around the world. Quite a concept hey?! …hmm. maybe I’m getting carried away
Posted on 05-Jan-10 at 1:49 pm | Permalink