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World on a Wire (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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Genre Science Fiction & Fantasy
Format Blu-ray
Contributor Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben
Language German
Runtime 3 hours and 32 minutes
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World on a Wire is a gloriously paranoid, boundlessly inventive take on the future from German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder (The Marriage of Maria Braun). With dashes of Stanley Kubrick, Kurt Vonnegut, and Philip K. Dick, as well as a flavor entirely his own, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, Fred Stiller (The Odessa File’s Klaus Lowitsch), a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy. At risk? (Virtual) reality as we know it. Originally made for German television, this recently rediscovered, three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the weird world of tomorrow from one of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.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.21 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ CRRN2116BR
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 3 hours and 32 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 21, 2012
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0068CEGB8
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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