Marc Jacobs Hosts Screening for ‘Disconnect’

On Thursday night, Marc Jacobs hosted an intimate screening (read: no red carpet, no press line) at MoMA of the new social media-focused thriller “Disconnect,” in which he has a small part. Through a handful of interwoven story lines, the film examines how the influx of social networking has redefined the way in which people find human connection.

Jacobs was one of the first moviegoers to turn up, sinking into his reserved seat alongside longtime on-again-off-again beau Lorenzo Martone. A swell of well-wishing friends including Arianna Huffington, Waris Ahluwalia, Scott Campbell and Yigal Azrouël filed into the theater soon after, stopping by Jacobs’ aisle seat to say hello.

“I don’t know what to say,” Jacobs said after the movie rolled, approaching the front of the auditorium for a Q&A session moderated by Huffington. “I’m shaking.” The film’s director Henry Alex Rubin joined him onstage. “Well this is very unfair to you,” Rubin offered. “You just watched the movie for the first time and now I’m making you talk about it.”

Along with Frank Grillo, who also stars in the film, the panel weighed in on the prevalent addiction to social-networking sites and iPhones. Ironically, much of the audience typed away on their various devices throughout the discussion. – wwd