Dustin Kiyeon ChangJan 30, 2023
When the inventor of the Simulacron, a virtual reality world, dies in the eve of the huge conglomerate taking an interest in the project, they bring in a springy scientist Fred Stiller to take over the research. Fred has some reservations for the job since his predecessor died under mysterious circumstances, but happy to oblige to the given task, as the project is a scientific milestone. Odd things start happening around him though: he suffers from constant headaches, his friend at the company disappears in mid-conversation & nobody notices that he is gone. What's more, no one acknowledges that his friend ever existed. Then there are blackouts and memory lapses. Something is definitely wrong.
#RainerWernerFassbinder taps into the concept of virtual reality, way before Matrix. Its obvious influences are everywhere- the phone booth, contact/oracle and whatnot. The film’s got a lot more to do with identity crisis in the technologically infused world- our world. #WeltamDraht #scifi
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@Dustin #WeltAmDraht / #WorldOnAWire is an excellent #movie, aired in the year of my birth. I watched it with my parents when I was a kid.
While it has a way relaxed tempo than „the Matrix“, it is captivating and cast, production and photography are excellent and became rightfully famous.
I blame this movie and its unheard of ideas being one of the reasons for my love of (hard) #SciFi and my career in IT.

I recommend watching it with a bottle of good red wine. I ❤️ this movie.

Show threadDustin Kiyeon ChangJan 30, 2023
@chris I can tell you a funny story about how I didn’t get to see this film in the theater. It was Fassbinder retrospective at Museum of Modern Art in NY, maybe 10 yrs ago. About the time they revived the film for restoration. I was on line to get in, as the film showings at MoMA back then, were first come, first serve. The woman behind asked me what the film was about. As many patrons at MoMA screening, these are wealthy NYers who have a lot of leasure time and would line up to see any movie that are free. Me, a raging Fassbinder fan, took a day off work to see the film, started my spiel about the film. Then they started letting people in. When it was our turn, the person at MoMA said that they were at capacity and could put only one more person in. I looked at the lady who was full of anticipation at the opportunity to see her first movie by some German director, and decided to give the seat to her and walked away. I hope it wasn’t the first and the last Fassbinder film.😝
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@Dustin „Edelmut“ is an ancient German, posh word for a form of active altruism that‘s not gallantry but independent from gender and where the activity labelled as such has more meaning than opening a door for somebody else :-)
I’m having fun imagining this lady enjoying about 3 hours of an excellent movie after having had an introduction into the topic by a passionate fan who gave up his seat for her.
(And besides from all our intellectual wanking it’s an exciting crime story!)
Jan 30, 2023 at 4:35pmWeb
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@chris @Dustin I like your explanation of Edelmut.