Fresh
If you know Fassbinder, you might want to see this as an exercise of his mind, a demonstration of how one of his stories might be transformed by the detachment of science fiction.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
World on a Wire
1973 · 3h 33m · NOT RATED
Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Overview
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
Director and cast
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director
- Klaus Löwitsch as Fred Stiller
- Barbara Valentin as Gloria Fromm
- Karl-Heinz Vosgerau as Herbert Siskins
- Wolfgang Schenck as Franz Hahn
- Günter Lamprecht as Fritz Walfang
- Ulli Lommel as Rupp, Journalist
- Adrian Hoven as Professor Henry Vollmer
- Ivan Desny as Günther Lause
- Margit Carstensen as Maya Schmidt-Genter
- Gottfried John as Einstein
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It starts slowly, then develops an irresistible momentum.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
Both an astonishing display of precocious cinematic virtuosity and an anguished avowal of its psychic toll.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Fresh
A mini-masterpiece of the 1970s European design aesthetic and a major addition to the immense and baffling oeuvre of Fassbinder...
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Fresh
Seen now, the movie seems as timely as it is outdated, its themes contemporary even if its clothing and hairdos are anything but.
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
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