The Net
Lutz Dammbeck2003-10-01
6
121 min
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.
Cast
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Eva Mattes | Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Tom Vogt | Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Lutz Dammbeck | Self | Unowned |
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Stewart Brand | Self | Unowned |
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John Brockman | Self | Unowned |
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Butch Gehring | Self | Unowned |
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David Gelernter | Himself | Unowned |
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Robert W. Taylor | Himself | Unowned |
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Heinz von Foerster | Himself | Unowned |
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Chris Waits | Himself | Unowned |
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Norbert Wiener | Himself | Unowned |
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Ted Kaczynski | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |