"Welt am Draht"

From: Andreas Freiherr <Andreas.Freiherr_at_Vishay.com>
Date: Thu Feb 13 09:16:00 2003

John,

the movie was on German TV years ago (rerun later, but also years ago
already) in two parts. I have it on VHS tape, and I am lucky enough to
have a printed listing so I don't need the broken RD53 in the PDP-11 to
find the tape.

However, I am not sure if this will really help you: it is in German,
and it is in PAL video format, so you as well as your VCR will need
special features to be able to understand it. ;-)

Technical details are in http://uk.imdb.com/Title?0070904 - just in case
you are only looking for these...

A similar idea is behind "Matrix" and "The 13th Floor", but Fassbinder's
version is indeed a classic and impressive one.

Regards,
Andreas

John Allain wrote:
> Anybody on the list have a copy of
> Fassbinder's "Welt am Draht" / "World on a Wire"
> that I can borrow for viewing? Alternately, have
> any of the Europeans on the list heard of plans to
> release this on DVD? Important and on topic since
> this may be the first occurrence of VR in film.
>
> John A.

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Andreas Freiherr
Vishay Semiconductor GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
http://www.vishay.com
Received on Thu Feb 13 2003 - 09:16:00 GMT

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