"Welt am Draht" is A two-part science fiction film produced by Fassbender for the television station in 1973, adapted from Galloer’s 1964 novel "Simulacron-3", which was later remade by Hollywood into "The Thirteenth Floor" (The Thirteenth Floor), and deeply inspired the subsequent film series "The Matrix" with the same theme.
World on a Wire movie plot
"Welt am Draht" is A two-part science fiction film produced by Fassbender for the television station in 1973, adapted from Galloer’s 1964 novel "Simulacron-3", which was later remade by Hollywood into "The Thirteenth Floor" (The Thirteenth Floor), and deeply inspired the subsequent film series "The Matrix" with the same theme.
World on a Wire quotes
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Fred Stiller: The contact unit! That's it! The contact unit. We needed a contact unit for our simulation model to work. Einstein. If we're the simulation model of a real world, there must be an Einstein here who knows, who's in contact with above.
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Fred Stiller: I think, therefore I am. Right? Yes, I exist. I can't be alone in thinking that nothing really exists. Right. For Plato, reality exists in the realm of ideas. And Aristotle! He conceived of matter as passive non-substance that only becomes reality by thought.