Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Werner Herzog directs. Peter Zeitlinger behind the camera. Mark degli Antoni scores. Marco Capalbo cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 10 years ago.
• 2Directed by Werner Herzog, shot by Peter Zeitlinger. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Mark degli Antoni. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor Marco Capalbo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Elon Musk and Lawrence Krauss and Werner Herzog carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "The human side of the digital revolution.".
• 7IMDB entry: tt5275828 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Classified under 11 themes, including "artificial intelligence (a.i.)", "planet mars", "hacker", "solar flare".

The technical file

Cinematography

Peter Zeitlinger

Original score

Mark degli Antoni

Editing

Marco Capalbo

Runtime

99 min · 1h 39m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG-13

IMDB

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) ↗

Also by

Werner Herzog

• 
  The Transformation of the World Into Music

  1996 · ★ 8.3
• 
  The Gauls

  1988 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Lessons of Darkness

  1992 · ★ 7.8
• 
  The Fire Within: A Requiem for Katia and Maurice Krafft

  2024 · ★ 7.8
• 
  Fitzcarraldo

  1982 · ★ 7.6
• 
  The Dark Glow of the Mountains

  1985 · ★ 7.6

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Official Trailer

  Trailer · Official

Production companies

Who made it

• 

  Saville Productions

  US

Key crew

• Post Production CoordinatorSky Helwig
• ProducerWerner Herzog
• ProducerRupert Maconick
• Executive ProducerJim McNeil
• Executive ProducerTennille Teague
• EditorMarco Capalbo
• Production SupervisorJin Ah Lee
• Executive ProducerDavid D. Moore
• Executive ProducerDave Arnold
• Sound MixerJim Lakin
• MusicianDavid Byrne
• MusicianLisa Germano

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• artificial intelligence (a.i.)
• planet mars
• hacker
• solar flare
• space
• internet
• robot
• computer history
• robotics
• cyber warfare
• gaming addiction

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2016-01-23· Sundance Film Festival
• Theatrical (limited)2016-04-07· Cleveland International Film Festival
• Theatrical (limited)2016-04-23· San Francisco International Film Festival
• Theatrical (limited)2016-03-04· Boulder International Film Festiva
• Theatrical2016-08-19PG-13

Also known as

International titles

• He aquí las ensoñaciones del mundo conectadoAR
• Lo and Behold: El inicio de InternetES