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.

Director: Lutz Dammbeck

Cast: Eva Mattes, Tom Vogt, Ted Kaczynski, Lutz Dammbeck, John Brockman, Stewart Brand, Robert W. Taylor, Heinz von Foerster

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.