The Net

More of a film essay - of the type pioneered by Orson Welles and Chris Marker - than a standard documentary, German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck's The Net: The Unabomber, the LSD and the Internet begins with the typical format and structure of a nonfiction film, and a single subject (the life and times of mail bomber Ted Kaczynski). From that thematic springboard, Dammbeck branches out omnidirectionally, segueing into a series of thematic riffs and variants on such marginally-related subjects as: the history of cyberspace, terrorism, utopian ideals, LSD, the Central Intelligence Agency, and Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

Lutz Dammbeck

Himself

Eva Mattes

Narrator (voice)

Tom Vogt

Narrator (voice)

Stewart Brand

Himself

John Brockman

Himself

Butch Gehring

Himself

David Gelernter

Himself

Theodore John Kaczynski

Himself

Robert W. Taylor

Himself

Heinz von Foerster

Himself

Chris Waits

Himself

Norbert Wiener

Himself

Ted Kaczynski

Himself (archive footage)