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Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 2-part TV production is a science-fiction classic that explores the notion of a computer-generated other world.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Second Sight Films Ltd
Other Authors: Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982, Müller-Scherz, Fritz, Märthesheimer, Peter, 1937-2004, Wesemann, Alexander, Löwitsch, Klaus, 1936-2002, Valentin, Barbara, 1940-2002, Rabben, Mascha, Vosgerau, Karl Heinz, 1928-, Hoven, Adrian, Desny, Ivan, Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017, Galouye, Daniel F., Lorenz, Juliane
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Language Notes:In German with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Germany] : Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation ; [2010]
Edition:Restored 2 disc ed.
Subjects:
Virtual reality > Drama.
Cybernetics > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Science fiction films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Description
Summary:Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 2-part TV production is a science-fiction classic that explores the notion of a computer-generated other world.
Item Description:Based on the novel "Simulacron-3" by Daniel F. Galouye.
Originally produced for broadcast on WDR in 1973.
Extensively restored.
Special feature: "Fassbinder's World on a wire: looking ahead to today" with Michael Balhaus etc., a film by Juliane Lorenz (49 min.).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (204 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; PAL; region 2; original ratio 4:3; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Michael Ballhaus, Ullrich Prinz ; editing, Marie Anne Gerhardt, Ursula Elles ; music, Gottfried Hüngsberg.