World on a Wire
1973 Science Fiction Not Rated 212 Minutes
In Theaters | N/A | |||
On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
On Blu-ray | February 21, 2012 | |||
On DVD | February 21, 2012 |
Principal Cast
Director
WORLD ON A WIRE is a gloriously paranoid, boundlessly inventive take on the future from German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder (The Marriage of Maria Braun). With dashes of Stanley Kubrick, Kurt Vonnegut, and Philip K. Dick, as well as a flavor entirely his own, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, Fred Stiller (The Odessa File's 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 Originally made for German television, this recently rediscovered, three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the weird world of tomorrow from one of cinema's kinkiest geniuses.
Not Rated.
Presented in German.
Released by Legacy Image/RLJ. See more credits.