World on a Wire (1973) TV Mini-Series

Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality, when suddenly project leader Henry Vollmer dies. His successor Dr. Fred Stiller experiences odd phenomena. A good friend, Guenther Lause, disappears in the middle of a conversation and a week later nobody has ever heard of him. And those fits of dizzyness - Stiller cannot believe himself to be fool. There has to be an explanation for all this. Could Simulacron have something to do with it? (imdb)
Franchise: World on a Wire
AKA: Welt am Draht
Country: West Germany
Directed By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written By: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Daniel F. Galouye
Starring: Gottfried John, Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Günter Lamprecht, Ulli Lommel, Kurt Raab, Ivan Desny, Adrian Hoven, Wolfgang Schenck, Mascha Rabben, Karl Heinz Vosgerau, Joachim Hansen


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yalnızca hikayenin üzerine kurulduğu kavramlara odaklanıp spektaküler aksiyona, numaralara girmeyişi en başta değerini yükseltiyor. her ne kadar hikaye iki part halinde biraz sünüyor olsa da fassbinder öyle açılardan, mefhumları ön plana çıkartarak öyle güzel bir işçilikle anlatıyor ki hikayeyi, sünmesi dahi anlamlı olmuyor bi süre sonra. fakat en önemlisi, "kahramanın" alışılmış bilim kurgu sineması aksine çaresiz ve "kaderini kabullenmiş" olması.
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dlthompson | 70 39% |
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Dec 27, 2019 | Elephant | 92 82% |
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Dec 25, 2019 | spwnofstan | 90 93% |
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Dec 12, 2019 | peachtrees | 80 51% |
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Nov 28, 2019 | Jet- | 70 55% |
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quotidian | 9 76% |
Nov 06, 2019 | flipperrbm | 7 87% |
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kortan | 72 84% |
Oct 29, 2019 | doyler29 | 70 38% |
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kritikos | 8 67% |
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FrancoGonzo | 8 33% |
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Aug 12, 2019 | sandman248 | 90 81% |
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Jul 25, 2019 | davidme | 25 2% |
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Jul 08, 2019 | sspiegel | 81 88% |
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Jun 22, 2019 | xombiemonkey | 6 36% |
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Jun 13, 2019 | BlackSnail | 50 31% |
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Jun 07, 2019 | Slowjoe | 66 54% |
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norval_jones | 50 7% |
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Elevory | 80 82% |
Very much ahead of its time.
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Apr 28, 2019 | josefknecht | 85 96% |
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Apr 23, 2019 | AHALE80 | 80 71% |
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Apr 14, 2019 | slanbexx | 95 98% |
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Apr 06, 2019 | simsorut | 86 79% |
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Mar 28, 2019 | Delaney93 | 85 44% |
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Mar 17, 2019 | lillakniven | 95 99% |
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jndcnr | 85 89% |
Dec 06, 2018 | mathiasa | 80 90% |
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ptkw | 70 84% |
Nov 18, 2018 | slatenf | 89 85% |
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Nov 17, 2018 | eliasm | 92 83% |
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Nov 07, 2018 | ![]() |
Phelipe | 91 89% |
Oct 24, 2018 | tvratings | 53 84% |
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Oct 10, 2018 | ![]() |
Nathan S | 4 75% |
Nascent cyberpunk, a little difficult to speak of in terms that aren't cliche, but credit where it is due to originators. Paranoid and noir-tinged. The fragile mise-en-scene is obvious, full of glass and mirrors, simulacra and microcosms, but it sure is beautiful.
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Sep 25, 2018 | ![]() |
bloodie | 5 85% |
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bubsy | 3 31% |
Sep 09, 2018 | Zepheus | 80 89% |
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Aug 01, 2018 | dracular | 80 88% |
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Jul 27, 2018 | Caracortada | 40 21% |
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Jul 15, 2018 | mfl | 47 16% |
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laika | 75 61% |
Jun 09, 2018 | ExcessStarch | 70 89% |
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Jun 03, 2018 | tryer | 78 53% |
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May 17, 2018 | ![]() |
elmakebabi | 90 97% |
Mesmerising cinematography, though it feels longer than it should.
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May 06, 2018 | allneonslike | 85 95% |
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May 03, 2018 | bholsclaw | 80 90% |
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Apr 23, 2018 | chone | 60 39% |
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seha | 70 70% |
Mar 28, 2018 | Recker | 85 89% |
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zimbabweli | 90 85% |
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JaycetJayce | 85 90% |
Feb 19, 2018 | ![]() |
Syntheseizur | 82 70% |
A maverick sci-fi film both of its time and spectacularly visionary. It carries elements of spy movies, noir, and arthouse abstractions alongside a cerebral, reality-altering narrative that belongs beside Inception and Black Mirror. From corporate conspiracies to the ethical considerations of artificial intelligence, the film preempts themes that would come into style decades later. It's also fearlessly stylish in a way that dates it but gives it a campy singularity. A hidden sci-fi classic.
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Feb 17, 2018 | coldesser | 70 43% |
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mnzeric | 9 92% |
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Cigo | 10 92% |
Jan 23, 2018 | senorroboto | 85 54% |
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bonset | 75 67% |
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vlknlvnt | 82 65% |
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JimiAntiloop | 99 94% |
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svenerik | 85 80% |
Dec 20, 2017 | Systematicer | 90 96% |
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Nov 29, 2017 | Cocoa | 30 3% |
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Nov 10, 2017 | ![]() |
yoohoo | 75 52% |
It is certainly dated, which doesn't help this film at all, but it is a thought-provoking experiment on reality and what it means when things begin to unravel. The filmmaking was fascinating to watch - the camera is constantly on the move, as are characters, and the mirrors added another layer of ambiguity. That or they were for all the cocaine Fassbinder was doing. Either way, an intriguing watch.
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Oct 25, 2017 | Niaiur | 95 99% |
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Oct 25, 2017 | SamLoveitt | 100 97% |
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Sep 10, 2017 | frantzm | 90 29% |
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Sep 02, 2017 | secludix | 50 24% |
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Kraven1138 | 73 64% |
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Aug 02, 2017 | whataboutit | 90 74% |
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xinet | 75 75% |
Apr 18, 2017 | Andras | 55 18% |
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letterboxdvo | 40 91% |
Apr 10, 2017 | Philosofem | 80 77% |
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Apr 09, 2017 | ICMforum | 100 89% |
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Apr 02, 2017 | bmmello | 90 92% |
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maptendoytes | 95 48% |
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Mar 06, 2017 | filmcricket | 81 91% |
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mCihhh | 20 2% |
Feb 24, 2017 | Panunzio | 85 91% |
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Jan 13, 2017 | Aventinus | 63 56% |
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Dec 29, 2016 | ![]() |
danieldebem | 88 83% |
Dec 20, 2016 | bidola | 88 89% |
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pyrosexual | 80 64% |
Dec 01, 2016 | nunobar | 90 89% |
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Nov 22, 2016 | cerebella87 | 75 91% |
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Nov 22, 2016 | imdbtv | 82 89% |
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Nov 16, 2016 | scififan87 | 82 95% |
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Nov 07, 2016 | average50 | 82 96% |
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muhsin | 78 75% |
Oct 20, 2016 | adamant | 30 11% |
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cherrorist | 90 91% |
Oct 09, 2016 | TheMarkle | 70 66% |
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crititv | 77 88% |
Aug 25, 2016 | Cronos | 60 59% |
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Aug 08, 2016 | Heisenburger | 89 87% |
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Damirageir | 60 83% |
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BadCosmonaut | 5 62% |
Jul 04, 2016 | MrWhiplash | 100 88% |
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jackinthebox | 70 56% |
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Feb 20, 2016 | schedrevka | 89 76% |
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Feb 08, 2016 | DePalma | 61 59% |
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Detox | 87 87% |
Jan 29, 2016 | Kinsky | 80 56% |
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drcioni | 85 46% |
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zamanzaman | 14 32% |
Dec 22, 2015 | bolinek | 55 73% |
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robot2xl | 74 83% |
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Dec 08, 2015 | GLADos | 78 75% |
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Nov 14, 2015 | ![]() |
ecalder | 61 51% |
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Phil Clowns | 50 6% |
Oct 20, 2015 | ![]() |
karamazov. | 60 79% |
Very amusing and exquisitely photographed pulp-SF, with all of the Fassbinder regulars [or just about: the only people missing that I can think of are, of the cast, Hanna Schygulla, Brigitte Mira, and Günther Kaufmann, and, of the crew, Juliane Lorenz and Peer Raben], and, yes, synchronized swivel-chair spins! All these moments will be lost, in time, like tears in rain.
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Oct 03, 2015 | ![]() |
igormachete | 70 38% |
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Oktay | 90 96% |
Aug 27, 2015 | xacviant | 71 28% |
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After the creator of computer simulation which perfectly replicates human life and consciousness dies mysteriously, his assistant takes over the project, but soon finds reasons to question the nature of his own reality. In the wake of THE MATRIX and other such what-is-really-real SF, one can see the big twist a mile away, and there's not really enough story to sustain 210 minutes. But Fassbender revels in the 70s kitsch and the cinematography is superb. The ending is also surprisingly touching.
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Aug 25, 2015 | CesarCastag (CinePlayers.com) | 100 95% |
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Aug 08, 2015 | false10 | 60 18% |
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Archeologian | 80 86% |
Jul 28, 2015 | atimetolive | 3 52% |
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Jul 25, 2015 | larax | 80 44% |
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Jul 11, 2015 | ![]() |
DaWolfey | 67 83% |
Watching this, I couldn't decide if it was a crappy TV movie on which a good premise was wasted, or an understated clever sci-fi movie where the audience has to do some work too. The themes are well-trodden first year existential philosophy, but it felt like they weren't being explored deeply enough and instead it tiptoes around giving any meaningful insights and lumbers on with too much filler.
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russalka | 89 89% |
Jun 09, 2015 | shanno | 70 83% |
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jobsbronson | 21 77% |
May 29, 2015 | brky | 78 51% |
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Communicants | 85 87% |
May 19, 2015 | zetes | 70 39% |
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Apr 24, 2015 | OldAle1 | 100 95% |
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Apr 15, 2015 | boxedobject | 88 81% |
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TraverseTown | 70 67% |
Mar 18, 2015 | ![]() |
JakeAesthete | 43 41% |
Definitely an outlier and oddity among Fassbinder's work (which considering his already eclectic filmography is saying quite a lot), clearly based on source material pretty far removed from his typical overbearing thematic concerns, which makes it both less heavy-handedly didactic than some of his more overtly "personal" work, but also less engagingly "his", despite the intermittently intriguing and admittedly prescient subject matter (shades of everything from Blade Runner to eXistenZ abound).
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maximod3377 | 75 60% |
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driscarpin | 91 89% |
Coisa linda.
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Dec 26, 2014 | zomgmouse | 70 43% |
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camillobruni | 100 97% |
Dec 16, 2014 | Toke Za | 100 98% |
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Dec 15, 2014 | Alexopath | 80 92% |
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Dec 09, 2014 | roger-ebert | 30 53% |
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Nov 16, 2014 | ![]() |
loc42 | 75 68% |
a some kind of German "Alphaville". it's a movie with dull acting and a repetitive futuristic atmosphere but in spite of that dullness I reached a some kind of ecstasy and emancipation at the end like in the movies of Bresson. that's why it reminded me of "A Man Escaped" though in a distopian world.
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J. Tavernier | 75 55% |
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Sep 17, 2014 | hlime | 85 71% |
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Sep 05, 2014 | Losanq | 80 78% |
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Aug 22, 2014 | firebirdekb | 78 82% |
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Aug 08, 2014 | osla | 88 76% |
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Jul 30, 2014 | ![]() |
omeraksy | 93 97% |
Jul 24, 2014 | ![]() |
djross | 30 12% |
Occasional interesting moments, and sometimes nicely photographed, but this is mostly dreadfully inept television nonsense, with shot after shot after shot after shot after shot filmed through a screen, or a mirror, or from behind some obstacle. Most scenes were laughable, some hilariously so. Nice to see Ulli Lommel acting. SLEEPER, released the same year, probably works better as serious sci-fi and as vision of the future, but it can't compete in terms of synchronised chair spinarounds.
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Jul 24, 2014 | ![]() |
jgreenwood | 20 2% |
Jul 20, 2014 | LosWochos | 90 87% |
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Jul 08, 2014 | ![]() |
ratedargh | 90 85% |
Mind bending science fiction that looks amazing. It was a smart move to keep it set in the 70s so to prevent it from feeling dated, it simply exists in an alternate version of that present, which is very appropriate. While many plot points may feel telegraphed, they never lack logic. What it lacks in outright surprises, it makes up for in a tense and fascinating unraveling. The use of mirrors, which could feel silly, works very well to visualize the idea of the layers at work.
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May 25, 2014 | kyussj | 70 68% |
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gargantua | 90 96% |
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msweller | 80 72% |
May 07, 2014 | 12yots | 75 22% |
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Apr 26, 2014 | k.van. | 10 91% |
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bernardobrum | 95 95% |
Apr 14, 2014 | ![]() |
Barraoc | 80 85% |
A story that's leagues ahead of its time, and once I got over the oddness of style I thoroughly enjoy it.
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overrated | 62 62% |
Mar 05, 2014 | ![]() |
kakivsjok | 80 69% |
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NBD Rab | 80 65% |
Feb 21, 2014 | Chazz Chetly | 75 78% |
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Feb 20, 2014 | gurglebot20 | 8 70% |
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Feb 14, 2014 | ![]() |
explorer | 85 85% |
Feb 12, 2014 | felixm85 | 60 19% |
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bizarre_eye | 83 89% |
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gumbo | 95 94% |
Jan 28, 2014 | PoilKaslei | 75 88% |
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bridggedale | 89 95% |
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gert | 85 94% |
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fact100 | 80 88% |
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barisius | 90 93% |
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Siltem | 82 95% |
Jan 03, 2014 | ![]() |
KasperL | 90 97% |
A must-see for those fascinated by ontology. To claim that 'Simulacron-3', the novel on which this and 'The Thirteenth Floor' were based, was ahead of its time seems clearly true. But Descartes, of course, dealt with similar subject matter in Meditations more than 300 years before. Still, it's interesting that Galouye's take wasn't more known until the resurgence of these types of stories with the likes of 'Dark City' and 'The Matrix'. Btw, Fassbinder's idiosyncratic stylization is really cool.
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Dec 08, 2013 | ![]() |
DesertPunk | 76 63% |
Beautiful cinematography and a story that was ridiculously before its time. However, that story is now terribly predictable by modern standards, and the running time drags terribly. I have nothing at all against long running times, but I need to be entertained enough to justify it.
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Dec 08, 2013 | Dicke_Taube | 70 61% |
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Dec 06, 2013 | Kisbye | 70 32% |
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Dec 04, 2013 | ![]() |
Hans_Lucas | 90 89% |
Dec 01, 2013 | ehrenkm | 80 60% |
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Dec 01, 2013 | Simon M. | 88 83% |
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Nov 28, 2013 | ![]() |
TMDaines | 80 72% |
Nov 27, 2013 | HVM | 60 32% |
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Nov 18, 2013 | ![]() |
Suture Self | 10 96% |
Combining the acute paranoia of a Pynchon novel and the plot of a pulpy sci-fi short story, World on a Wire is kind of an oddity, in that, even though the story is familiar and hokey, it manages to keep its ever-changing intrigue to the very end, which is impressive considering the run time. I loved it, it flew by, the photography is a formalist's dream, and unlike a lot of other sci-fi, it ends in a very satisfying and clever manner. Is Fassbinder some kind of wunderkid? It appears so.
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Shellish | 85 90% |
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I am prowler | 73 92% |
Average Percentile 72.74% from 362 Ratings | ![]() |