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    Motion Pictures: New German Cinema–World on a Wire

    Motion Pictures: New German Cinema–World on a Wire

    Presented by International House Philadelphia at The Ibrahim Theater at International House

    December 8, 2011


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    dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany, 1973, 35mm, 212 mins, German w/ English subtitles.

    A dystopic science-fiction epic, World on a Wire is German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s gloriously cracked, boundlessly inventive take on future paranoia. With dashes of Kubrick, Vonnegut and Dick, but a flavor entirely his own, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of reluctant action hero Fred Stiller, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate and governmental conspiracy. At risk? Our entire (virtual) reality as we know it. This long-unseen three-and-a-half-hour labyrinth is a satiric and surreal look at the weird world of tomorrow from one of cinema’s kinkiest geniuses.


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        The Ibrahim Theater at International House

        3701 Chestnut Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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        $9 (General Admission)
        $7 (Senior, Student)
        FREE! (IHP Member)

        Info Phone: 866-468-7619

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        December 8, 2011

        Times:

        7 pm


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