The Net

Explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic figure situates him within a late 20th century web of technology—a system that he grew to oppose. A marvelously subversive approach to the history of the Internet, this insightful documentary combines speculative travelogue and investigative journalism to trace contrasting countercultural responses to the cybernetic revolution.

• Lutz DammbeckWriter
• Lutz DammbeckDirector

• Eva MattesNarrator (voice)
• Tom VogtTed Kaczynski (voice)
• Ted KaczynskiSelf (archive footage)
• Lutz DammbeckSelf
• John BrockmanSelf
• Stewart BrandSelf
• Robert W. TaylorSelf
• Heinz von FoersterSelf
• Butch GehringSelf
• Chris WaitsSelf
• David GelernterSelf
• Ken KeseySelf (archive footage)