SummaryWerner Herzog chronicles the virtual world from its origins to its outermost reaches, exploring the digital landscape with the same curiosity and imagination he previously trained on earthly destinations as disparate as the Amazon, the Sahara, the South Pole and the Australian outback. Working with NetScout, a world leader in real time service as... Read More
Directed By:Werner Herzog
Written By:Werner Herzog
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
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Generally Favorable
76
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Generally Favorable
7.2
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Metascore
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96% Positive
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Jan 30, 2016
83
If Lo and Behold is more just a collection of interviews on a series of themes than a cohesive piece of storytelling, it’s still a fascinating endeavor into how the Internet went from personal to unimaginably broad and how it could either continue to expand or perhaps even return to that infant phase again.
User score
Generally Favorable
71% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
24% Mixed
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Mar 31, 2018
9
Werner Herzog leads spectators to a unique journey through a series of provocative talks that reveal how the on-line world has transformed the way the real world functions - from trade to education, from space travel to health and all the way to the central issue of human behavior in society.
Herzog has reconstructed the virtual world, from its inception, to its fullest extent, exploring the digital background with the same curiosity and creativity that he has accessed to various regions of the Earth, such as Amazon, the Sahara, the South Pole and abandoned areas of Australia.
Aug 28, 2016
8
An occasionally uneven though mostly fascinating documentary about what is arguably one of the most transformative inventions in human history, the Internet. Through interviews with cyber pioneers and technology experts, the film explores the Internet's origins, its future and multiple attributes of this remarkable invention. Geeks will adore this for sure, but even the casual technology user will find a lot to like here.
Jan 30, 2016
80
The virtual future may be now, but “Lo and Behold,” with its stimulating volley of insights and ideas, always feels persistently, defiantly human.
Aug 18, 2016
75
The full title, Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World, is pure, over-the-top Herzog: simultaneously an embrace of fresh internet technology and an attempt to suggest a mythical dimension.
Aug 11, 2016
75
As Herzog spirals from the achievements and dangers of the Net to topics such as communication with space colonies or the likelihood that solar flares will reduce the world to flood and famine if they knock out all connectivity, it is hard to know how much of this futuristic stuff to believe.
Aug 18, 2016
70
The internet is an elusive quarry. It’s a marvel and a menace, a banal fact of life and a force for incalculable change. But it’s also less the subject of this captivating, uneven film than an excuse for its director to add to his collection of memorable faces and voices.
Nov 3, 2016
60
For Herzog it is people that matter and he's just as fascinated by Elon Musk's gazing at the stars as those battering their keyboards or avoiding them altogether.
Apr 22, 2019
6
Lo and Behold isn’t Herzog’s best nor his worst but still an entertaining journey down the internet rabbit hole. I just wish that journey would entail more than briefly peeking what’s everybody up to in wonderland.
Production Company:
- Saville Productions
Release Date:Aug 19, 2016
Duration:1 h 38 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:The human side of the digital revolution.
Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Munich Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
