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2016
PG-13
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 38 m

2016
PG-13
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 38 m

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 time s...

Documentary

Directed By: Werner Herzog

Written By: Werner Herzog

2016
PG-13
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 38 m

2016
PG-13
Magnolia Pictures
1 h 38 m

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews

76

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 27 User Ratings

5.8

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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 time s...

Documentary

Directed By: Werner Herzog

Written By: Werner Herzog

Where to Watch

Top Cast

Elon Musk

Self - Entrepreneur

Lawrence Krauss

Self - Cosmologist, Arizona State University

Lucianne Walkowicz

Self - Astronomer

Kevin Mitnick

Self - Former Hacker

Werner Herzog

Self - Interviewer and Narrator

Leonard Kleinrock

Self - Computer Scientist

Bob Kahn

Self - Electrical Engineer, Co-Inventor of the TCP-IP Protocols

Danny Hillis

Self - Author of 'The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Work'

Ted Nelson

Self - Internet Pioneer

Adrien Treuille

Self - Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University

Sebastian Thrun

Self - Computer Scientist, Stanford University

Raj Rajkumar

Self - Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Joydeep Biswas

Self - Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Lesli Catsouras

Self - Family of Nikki Catsouras

Christos Catsouras

Self - Family of Nikki Catsouras

Christina Catsouras

Self - Family of Nikki Catsouras

Danielle Catsouras

Self - Family of Nikki Catsouras

Kira Catsouras

Self - Family of Nikki Catsouras

Felix James Lockman

Self - Astronomer, National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Jennifer Wood

Self - Former Architect

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews

96% Positive
27 Reviews

4% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews

96% Positive
27 Reviews

4% Mixed
1 Review

0% Negative
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May 31, 2016

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

By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

Jan 30, 2016

If Lo and Behold is more just a collection of interviews on a series of themes than a cohesive piece of storytelling, it’s still a fascinating endeavor into how the Internet went from personal to unimaginably broad and how it could either continue to expand or perhaps even return to that infant phase again.

By Dominick Suzanne-Mayer FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 27 User Ratings

56% Positive
15 Ratings

19% Mixed
5 Ratings

26% Negative
7 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 27 User Ratings

56% Positive
15 Ratings

19% Mixed
5 Ratings

26% Negative
7 Ratings

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Jan 30, 2016

The virtual future may be now, but “Lo and Behold,” with its stimulating volley of insights and ideas, always feels persistently, defiantly human.

By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW

The Seattle Times

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.

By John Hartl FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Aug 11, 2016

As Herzog spirals from the achievements and dangers of the Net to topics such as communication with space colonies or the likelihood that solar flares will reduce the world to flood and famine if they knock out all connectivity, it is hard to know how much of this futuristic stuff to believe.

By Kate Taylor FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Aug 18, 2016

The internet is an elusive quarry. It’s a marvel and a menace, a banal fact of life and a force for incalculable change. But it’s also less the subject of this captivating, uneven film than an excuse for its director to add to his collection of memorable faces and voices.

By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

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.

By Ben Nicholson FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Saville Productions

Release Date Aug 19, 2016

Duration 1 h 38 m

Rating PG-13

Genres

Documentary

Tagline The human side of the digital revolution.

Website http://www.loandbeholdfilm.com/

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Awards

Golden Trailer Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Munich Film Festival

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Cleveland International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

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