| Description |
2 videodiscs (212 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unpaged : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| System Details |
DVD, (1.33:1) aspect ratio, PCM Mono., restored, digital transfer. |
| Language |
German dialogue; English subtitles. |
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English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
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Program notes and commentary in acc. booklet. |
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Special features: Fassbinder's "World on a wire": looking ahead to today, a 50 minute documentary ; interview with German film scholar Gerd Gemunden ; trailer fort the 2010 theatrical release ; booklet featuring an essay by film critic edition Halter. Downloads: fact sheet ; additional photos Hi-Res ; high resolution front cover ; low resolution front cover. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Cast |
Klaus Lowitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Ulli Lommel. |
| Summary |
The noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, Fred Stiller, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy. At risk? Virtual reality. Originally made for German television, the recently rediscovered, three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the weird world of tomorrow from one of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. It's a gloriously paranoid, boundlessly inventive take on the future from German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder. |
| Subject |
Corporations -- Corrupt practices -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Virtual reality -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (GERMAN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Film noir.
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Science fiction films.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Feature films Germany.
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Motion pictures, German.
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| Added Author |
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982.
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Löwitsch, Klaus, 1936-2002.
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Valentin, Barbara, 1940-2002.
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Rabben, Mascha, 1942-
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Lommel, Ulli.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
World on a wire |
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Welt am Draht |
| ISBN |
9781604655469 |
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1604655461 |
| Standard No. |
715515092111 |
| Music No. |
CC2117DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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ICR092111D |
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