World on a wire. Part 2 /
World on a Wire is a gloriously paranoid, boundlessly inventive take on the future from German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With dashes of Stanley Kubrick, Kurt Vonnegut, and Philip K. Dick, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of reluctant hero Fred Stiller (Klaus Lowitsch), a cybernetics...
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| Language: | English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Kanopy Streaming,
2016.
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| Summary: | World on a Wire is a gloriously paranoid, boundlessly inventive take on the future from German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With dashes of Stanley Kubrick, Kurt Vonnegut, and Philip K. Dick, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of reluctant hero Fred Stiller (Klaus Lowitsch), a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy. At risk? (Virtual) reality as we know it. Originally made for German television, this recently rediscovered, three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the world of tomorrow from one of cinema's kinkiest geniuses. Additional Reading: http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2152-world-on-a-wire-the-hall-of-mirrors. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye. Originally produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk for release on German television in 1973. This version produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films. Playing time: 105 min. In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 108 min.) : sound, color. |
| Playing Time: | Pl:ay:in |
| Production Credits: | Directors of photography, Michael Ballhaus, Ullrich Prinz ; editors, Marie Anne Gerhardt, Ursula Elles ; music by Gottfried Hünsberg. |