World on a Wire

Starring: Klaus Lowitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben

WORLD ON A WIRE is a gloriously paranoid, boundlessly inventive take on the future from German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder (The Marriage of Maria Braun). With dashes of Stanley Kubrick, Kurt Vonnegut, and Philip K. Dick, as well as a flavor entirely his own, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, Fred Stiller (The Odessa File's Klaus Lowitsch), a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy. At risk? (Virtual) reality as we know it. Originally made for German television, this recently rediscovered, three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the weird world of tomorrow from one of cinema's kinkiest geniuses.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 715515092012
• Release Date: February 2012
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Criterion Collection
• Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
• Starring: Klaus Lowitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben
• Runtime: 3 hours, 32 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Blu-ray
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 7.5"