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I Think We're Alone Now
Jeff Turner suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a so-called "high functioning" form of autism, characterized by poor social skills, obsessiveness, and peculiar mannerisms. Turner fills his days with conspiracy theories, Christian fellowship, and obsession for Tiffany. Though the subject of a 3-year restraining order issued when Tiffany was 16 and he was 35, these days Turner finds opportunities to share moments with the object of his obsession at fairground performances and autograph conventions. A believer in the pseudoscience of radionics, Turner has paid more than $20,000 of his disability payments for devices purportedly tuned into Tiffany's brainwaves.
Kelly McCormick claims to be a hermaphrodite though in the commentary she admits that she was actually born a male. McCormick claims that she was raised by her father as a boy and by her mother as a girl, but considers herself to a be a lesbian. Thirty-five at the time of filming though claiming to be 31, McCormick is undergoing sexual reassignment. She claims to believe that Tiffany visited her as a vision while she was in a coma, and that they've been psychically linked ever since, but it's never really clear which stories McCormick is teling for effect and which she really believes.
Filmmaker Sean Donnelly earns kudos for abstaining from providing narration, but loses credibility by contriving to bring Turner and McCormick together in Las Vegas at a Tiffany appearance and by fumbling to construct an unearned upbeat ending.
No music rights or interviews with Tiffany were secured for this decidedly low-budget documentary.
Presentation
Video & Audio:
I Think We're Alone Now was recorded on standard digital video. Presented in full frame (1.33:1), I Think We're Alone Now has mostly fair video quality, but the 2.0 audio sounds harsh and suffers one significant dropout. No subtitles are offered.
Extras:
Extras include 24-minutes of additional material with Kelly McCormick, Jeff Turner and some of Turner's wingnut associates, as well as the trailer. Audio commentaries are also provided from both Turner and McCormick. Both commentaries include gaps which are sometimes filled with the original audio and sometimes left silent. Turner's commentary includes several conspiracy theories and a new revelation about a restraining order taken out by Alyssa Milano against Turner. McCormick's commentary has gaps that go on for minutes at a time. McCormick is far more hostile toward Turner than he had been towards her. Most significantly, McCormick admits to lying about being born a hermaphrodite, and claims to now have a girlfriend and to be over Tiffany.
Final Thoughts:
I Think We're Alone Now uncomfortably borders on the exploitative in its intimate portrait of two mentally-disturbed outsiders obsessed with former teen pop sensation Tiffany Darwish.
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