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Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Werner Herzog. In it, Herzog ponders the existential impact of the Internet, robotics, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and more on human life.[2] The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival,[3][4] and was sponsored by the company NetScout.[5] The film contains interviews with Bob Kahn, Elon Musk, Sebastian Thrun, Ted Nelson, and other leaders of the technology world.[6][7]

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Werner Herzog
Written by	Werner Herzog
Produced by	Werner Herzog Rupert Maconick
Cinematography	Peter Zeitlinger
Edited by	Marco Capalbo
Music by	Mark Degli Antoni Sebastian Steinberg
Production companies	NetScout Pereira & O'Dell Entertainment Saville Productions Skellig Rock
Distributed by	Magnolia Pictures
Release date	January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23) (Sundance)
Running time	98 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

Herzog narrates over footage of the University of California at Los Angeles, where pioneering work building the Internet took place, and looks at the first piece of Internet equipment ever to be installed. The film then explores the positive and negative impacts the Internet has had on society. Herzog interviews a family that has been harassed online after the death of their daughter.

An institute where no electronic equipment is allowed within a 3-mile radius is examined, and people living in this area describe their experience. The film comes to a group of people that are afflicted with an electromagnetism sensitivity condition who have to live in this area.

Elon Musk and his quest to send humans to Mars are investigated. Artificial intelligence is touched upon and the film comes to focus on how robots could become replacements for human interaction in the future. At the end of the film, Herzog poses the question to multiple interviewees, "Can the Internet dream of itself?"

Themes

When asked by TechCrunch.com what effect could the film have on the audience, Herzog replied:[8]

I think we have to abandon this kind of false security that everything is settled now, that we have so much assistance by digital media and robots and artificial intelligence. At the same time, we overlook how vulnerable all this is, and how we are losing the essentials that make us human.

Reception

Lo and Behold has received generally favorable reviews from critics.[9] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 93% approval rating based on 141 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5 out of 10.[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[9]

References

External links

• Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World at IMDb
• Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World at Box Office Mojo
• Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World at Metacritic
• Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World at Rotten Tomatoes

На других языках

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- [en] Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

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[ru] О, интернет! Грёзы цифрового мира

«О, интернет! Грёзы цифрового мира» (англ. Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World) — документальный фильм режиссёра Вернера Херцога, вышедший на экраны в 2016 году. Лента получила почётное упоминание на Мюнхенском кинофестивале и премию «Золотой трейлер» за лучший постер документального фильма.

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