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World on a Wire
World on a Wire
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WORLD ON A WIRE

Welt am Draht

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
West Germany, 1973
TV Mini-series, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Crime

Synopsis

Somewhere in the future, a computer project called Simulacron is able to simulate a full featured reality. When project leader Henry Vollmer suddenly dies, his successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena. There has to be someone behind all this. Could Simulacron be the one responsible?

Synopsis

Somewhere in the future, a computer project called Simulacron is able to simulate a full featured reality. When project leader Henry Vollmer suddenly dies, his successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena. There has to be someone behind all this. Could Simulacron be the one responsible?

Our take

Fassbinder’s deep dive into science-fiction is a work of dazzling cinematic inventiveness, exploring with visionary satire the notion of simulacrum through a modern, political angle. Originally made in two parts for television, this futuristic masterpiece was recently rediscovered and restored.