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Related: About this forumLo And Behold: Reveries of the Connected World - Herzog Trailer
Legendary master filmmaker Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams) examines the past, present and constantly evolving future of the Internet in Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World.
klook
(12,157 posts)It's an interesting overview and history of the Internet, with some bonus material about tangential technological discoveries and developments.
The topic is too broad to do a comprehensive treatment in one movie, but Herzog has brought in a number of different stories and perspectives that provide much food for thought -- occasionally leavened with his gentle, quirky humor. I learned quite a few things, too, in the process. Worth the price of admission.
BTW, in the trailer the woman who talks about the Internet being evil looks like a crackpot -- along with her black-clad family. But what's not clear in the trailer is that she lost her daughter in a grisly car accident, after which some asshole with access to the death scene photos posted them online, and then the family was subjected to unspeakably cruel emails and posts from anonymous cretins. No wonder she finds the Internet a hostile place. Fortunately this is only a small part of the movie (and Herzog doesn't display any of the images -- in fact doesn't even show any images of the young woman when she was alive).
ancianita
(36,067 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)Interesting that for all the power the internet has over our everyday lives, not too many film makers tackle the subject.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)more than just the trailer? Netflix?