Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Werner Herzog probes the internet’s promises, dangers, and strange human consequences through a wryly philosophical constellation of expert voices.
Overview
A thought-provoking journey into the digital age and its implications on humanity.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- thought-provoking
- wry
- curious
- reflective viewing
- technology discussion
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Herzog’s distinctive, thought-provoking documentary approach to the timely subject of internet connectivity and technological change.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film examines how internet connectivity reshapes human relationships, work, knowledge, and social life.
Interviews with figures including Elon Musk, Lawrence Krauss, Leonard Kleinrock, and Lucianne Walkowicz move from internet history toward artificial intelligence, robotics, Mars, and solar flares.
Werner Herzog conducts and shapes the interviews with an idiosyncratic blend of skepticism, deadpan humor, awe, and existential reflection.
Discussion of cyber warfare, solar flares, robotics, and artificial intelligence emphasizes both connectivity's reach and its potential instability.
Films like Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World, and why
The Social Dilemma
thought-provoking documentary investigation of technology, society, and the future with an essayistic structure
Particle Fever
intellectually curious documentary about scientific ideas, human meaning, and technological possibility
Into the Inferno
meditative Herzog documentary combining unusual interview subjects, philosophical inquiry, and awe toward extreme systems
We Live in Public
speculative documentary portrait of technological transformation and its social consequences
Movie Details
- Director
- Werner Herzog
- Release Date
- 2016-03-04
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (336)
Cast
- Elon Musk
- Lawrence Krauss
- Werner Herzog
- Lucianne Walkowicz
- Leonard Kleinrock
- Ted Nelson
- Bob Kahn
- Danny Hillis
- Adrien Treuille
- Raj Rajkumar
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Dox Amazon Channel, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World about?
- Werner Herzog probes the internet’s promises, dangers, and strange human consequences through a wryly philosophical constellation of expert voices.
- What is Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World.
- What did critics think of Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World?
- Critics broadly praised Herzog’s distinctive, thought-provoking documentary approach to the timely subject of internet connectivity and technological change.
- Which films are like Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World?
- Films with a similar feel include The Social Dilemma, Particle Fever, Into the Inferno, and We Live in Public.
- How long is Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World?
- Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World?
- In United States, Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World streams on fuboTV, Dox Amazon Channel, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel.
