Ted Nelson at the University of Southampton, 2016
To us you appear to be the only one around who is clinically sane.
So concludes Werner Herzog after speaking with Ted Nelson half way through his latest film, Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World. This may come as no surprise to those who recognise the genius of a director who famously cooked and ate his shoe on camera, and threatened to shoot one of his leading actors on set (the actor was Klaus Kinski, so there were extenuating circumstances).
As Ted asserts, the interview is brilliantly edited and, “presents a seamless train of thought selected from my sweeping complex of ideas”. For an introduction to the thinking of the pioneering inventor of Hypertext, it’s well worth viewing.
Lo and Behold is available in full on Netflix and Amazon Prime.
The Internet on Film – 2016
The year the Walker Art Center finally lowered the curtain on the Internet Cat Video Festival* also featured the release of some notable Internet-related films:
- ForEveryone.Net – In this short documentary by Jessica Yu, our co-founder, Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells the story of how he created the World Wide Web and discusses current threats to the Internet.
- Zero Days – A documentary about the repercussions of Stuxnet, the malicious computer worm released by U.S. intelligence agencies, which spread beyond its intended target.
- Internet Famous An allegedly hilarious mocumentary about vlogging (currently available on Netflix).
- Snowden – Film director, Oliver Stone’s latest paranoid trip, dramatising Edward Snowden’s leaking of thousands of U.S. classified documents. Currently on theatrical release in the UK and elsewhere.
* feline film fans needn’t worry as other organisers have swiftly moved in to fill the vacuum.