Release Date

01 Oct, 2003

Runtime

02:01: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

More of a film essay - of the type pioneered by Orson Welles and Chris Marker - than a standard documentary, German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck's The Net: The Unabomber, the LSD and the Internet begins with the typical format and structure of a nonfiction film, and a single subject (the life and times of mail bomber Ted Kaczynski). From that thematic springboard, Dammbeck branches out omnidirectionally, segueing into a series of thematic riffs and variants on such marginally-related subjects as: the history of cyberspace, terrorism, utopian ideals, LSD, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

Original Title

Das Netz

Photos

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Actors

Eva Mattes

Tom Vogt

Lutz Dammbeck

Stewart Brand

John Brockman

Butch Gehring

David Gelernter

Robert W. Taylor

Heinz von Foerster

Chris Waits

Norbert Wiener

Ted Kaczynski

Crew

Dietmar Post

Lutz Dammbeck

Lutz Dammbeck

Margot Neubert-Maric

J.U. Lensing