The Net (Das Netz) 20 years old

The Net

More of a film essay - of the type pioneered by Orson Welles and Chris Marker - than a standard documentary, German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck's The Net: The Unabomber, the LSD and the Internet begins with the typical format and structure of a nonfiction film, and a single subject (the life and times of mail bomber Ted Kaczynski). From that thematic springboard, Dammbeck branches out omnidirectionally, segueing into a series of thematic riffs and variants on such marginally-related subjects as: the history of cyberspace, terrorism, utopian ideals, LSD, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

Credits

The Net Cast

Name Character
Eva Mattes She was 48, now 69 years old as Narrator (voice)
John Brockman He was 62, now 83 years old
Chris Waits
Heinz von Foerster He was 91, 90 years old when he died
Butch Gehring
David Gelernter He was 48, now 69 years old

The Net Crew

Name Department
Margot Neubert-Maric as Editor. Editing
J.U. Lensing as Music. Sound
The Net poster
The Net (20 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, October 01, 2003
  • Runtime: 121 minutes