The Net
Explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic figure situates him within a late 20th century web of technology—a system that he grew to oppose. A marvelously subversive approach to the history of the Internet, this insightful documentary combines speculative travelogue and investigative journalism to trace contrasting countercultural responses to the cybernetic revolution.
- Year: 2003
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: ARTE, Lutz Dammbeck Filmproduktion, SWR
- Keyword: central intelligence agency (cia), harvard university, metaphysics, lsd, utopia, new world order, internet, art, eco terrorism, authoritarianism, technological singularity, mk ultra, computer technology, cybernetics, unabomber, jonas mekas, systems theory
- Director: Lutz Dammbeck
- Cast: Eva Mattes, Tom Vogt, Ted Kaczynski, Lutz Dammbeck, John Brockman, Stewart Brand
