The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

You Can’t Make This Up

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True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Mats Steen appeared to live a life of isolation. A Norwegian teen suffering from a degenerative muscle disease, reliant on adaptive technologies, Mats spent all of his time on his computer. It wasn’t until he died at age 25 that his parents learned what he’d been doing. The gamers did not know Mats’s medical condition. Instead, they knew him as Ibelin: a brawny medieval nobleman in search of adventure. The online players regarded Ibelin as a caring friend, a ladies man, and someone whose advice changed them in real life. It wasn’t until his passing, Mats’s impact on both worlds was revealed. The Netflix documentary film The Remarkable Life of Ibelin uses game logs and code to digitally recreate Mats’s online journey. Through Ibelin, he experiences companionship, romance, and acceptance in a community where he could be his true self. The film asks questions about the nature of friendship and what it means to live a quality life - even one in a virtual world. In this episode of You Can't Make This Up, host Rebecca Lavoie interviews director Benjamin Ree. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't watched The Remarkable Life of Ibelin yet, make sure to add it to your watch-list before listening on. Listen to more from Netflix Podcasts.

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0:00.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is You Can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind
0:18.8	your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.
0:21.5	On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix documentary film,
0:25.8	The Remarkable Life of Ebelin.
0:27.7	Before Mots passed away, he left behind his password for us.
0:32.8	It was obviously something he had hoped we would find.
0:36.0	Because behind that password was a world we knew absolutely nothing about.
0:41.2	Today we're talking to Director Benjamin Re.
0:43.7	Matz Steen appeared to live a life of isolation.
0:47.6	A Norwegian teen suffering from a degenerative muscle disease who was reliant on adaptive
0:52.4	technologies, Matz spent all of his time on his computer.
0:57.0	It wasn't until he died at age 25 that his parents learned what he'd been doing.
1:01.6	The gamers didn't know Matt's medical condition. Instead, they
1:05.0	knew him as Ebelin, a brawny medieval nobleman in search of adventure. The online players
1:10.7	regarded Ebelin as a caring friend, a ladies man, and someone whose advice
1:15.0	changed them in real life.
1:17.3	It wasn't until his passing that Matz's impact on both worlds was revealed.
1:22.0	The Netflix documentary film, The Remarkable Life of Ebelen
1:25.1	uses game logs and code to digitally recreate Matz's online journey. Through
1:30.1	Ebelen he experiences companionship, romance, and acceptance in a community where he could be his true self.
1:37.0	The film asks questions about the nature of friendship and what it means to live a quality life, even one in a virtual world.
1:43.3	What mattered to maths was being able to spread joy in our lives,
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