"Internet crimes are so fascinating because they're so specific to my generation," Muhly said Thursday during a telephone interview from London. "I was one of those crazy kids who was always reading the BBC, even though I was American. I remember reading the confusing case that no one understood, on BBC online. What was very plain was that the people writing the article and the people who were investigating the case really didn't seem to understand what the Internet was – a space of lies and a space of sort of erotic possibilities."