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Title:
World on a wire [blu-ray] = Welt am Draht
Edition:
Blu-ray special ed.
Publication Date:
2012
Publication Information:
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2012]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (212 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm).
ISBN:
9781604655452
Abstract:
The noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy substituting simulations for reality.
General Note:
Based on the novel Simulacron-3 by Daniel F. Galouye.
Originally produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk for release on German television in 1973.
Special features: New, restored digital transfer, supervised by cinematographer Michael Ballhaus, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Fassbinder's "World on a wire": looking ahead to today, a fifty-minute documentary about the making of the film by Juliane Lorenz; new interview with German-film scholar Gerd Gemünden; new English subtitles; trailer for the 2010 theatrical release; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Ed Halter.
Performers:
Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Ulli Lommel.
Technical Details:
Blu-ray, region A; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; requires Blu-ray player.
Language:
German
Additional Language:
In German with optional English subtitles.
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