Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Name: Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 19, 2016
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Elon Musk, Kevin Mitnick, Lawrence Krauss, Lucianne Walkowicz

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: August 19, 2016 | Not Rated

Starring: Elon Musk, Kevin Mitnick, Lawrence Krauss, Lucianne Walkowicz

Summary: Werner Herzog chronicles the virtual world from its origins to its outermost reaches, exploring the digital landscape with the same curiosity and imagination he previously trained on earthly destinations as disparate as the Amazon, the Sahara, the South Pole and the Australian outback. Working with NetScout, a world leader in real timeWerner Herzog chronicles the virtual world from its origins to its outermost reaches, exploring the digital landscape with the same curiosity and imagination he previously trained on earthly destinations as disparate as the Amazon, the Sahara, the South Pole and the Australian outback. Working with NetScout, a world leader in real time service assurance and cybersecurity, Herzog leads viewers on a journey through a series of provocative conversations that reveal the ways in which the online world has transformed how virtually everything in the real world works - from business to education, space travel to healthcare, and the very heart of how we conduct our personal relationships.… Expand

Director: Werner Herzog

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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The Playlist Nick Schager

May 31, 2016

Herzog’s latest proves a masterful inquiry into technological evolution. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Aug 19, 2016

An elegant survey of the origins of the information revolution and a shrewd analysis of how the internet has reshaped the world. It's one of the director's best docs. Read full review

The Telegraph Tim Robey

Nov 3, 2016

It’s Herzog’s uncertainty as a tourist in the field that gives the film its enticing charge, as surely as his wanderings in the Antarctic, or gropings in the dark to find the world’s oldest cave paintings. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Jan 30, 2016

Herzog acolytes will find the usual dose of eccentric musings; others may find it alternately perplexing and thoughtful when not hijacked by Herzog's intrusive remarks. But one thing is certain: You've never seen the internet discussed like this. Read full review

John Hartl

Aug 18, 2016

The full title, Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, is pure, over-the-top Herzog: simultaneously an embrace of fresh internet technology and an attempt to suggest a mythical dimension. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Aug 18, 2016

Thoughtful, searching and wonderfully moving in its wistful final moments, Lo and Behold may not be Herzog’s most artistically ambitious film, but it’s an intriguing, even important one nonetheless. Read full review

Ben Nicholson

Nov 3, 2016

For Herzog it is people that matter and he's just as fascinated by Elon Musk's gazing at the stars as those battering their keyboards or avoiding them altogether. Read full review

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radegeddon

Mar 31, 2018

Werner Herzog leads spectators to a unique journey through a series of provocative talks that reveal how the on-line world has transformed the way the real world functions - from trade to education, from space travel to health and all the way to the central issue of human behavior inWerner Herzog leads spectators to a unique journey through a series of provocative talks that reveal how the on-line world has transformed the way the real world functions - from trade to education, from space travel to health and all the way to the central issue of human behavior in society.
Herzog has reconstructed the virtual world, from its inception, to its fullest extent, exploring the digital background with the same curiosity and creativity that he has accessed to various regions of the Earth, such as Amazon, the Sahara, the South Pole and abandoned areas of Australia.… Expand

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Brent_Marchant

Aug 28, 2016

An occasionally uneven though mostly fascinating documentary about what is arguably one of the most transformative inventions in human history, the Internet. Through interviews with cyber pioneers and technology experts, the film explores the Internet's origins, its future and multipleAn occasionally uneven though mostly fascinating documentary about what is arguably one of the most transformative inventions in human history, the Internet. Through interviews with cyber pioneers and technology experts, the film explores the Internet's origins, its future and multiple attributes of this remarkable invention. Geeks will adore this for sure, but even the casual technology user will find a lot to like here.… Expand

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Carol_reviews

Apr 22, 2019

Lo and Behold isn’t Herzog’s best nor his worst but still an entertaining journey down the internet rabbit hole. I just wish that journey would entail more than briefly peeking what’s everybody up to in wonderland.

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