The Net

Overview

Explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic figure situates him within a late 20th century web of technology—a system that he grew to oppose. A marvelously subversive approach to the history of the Internet, this insightful documentary combines speculative travelogue and investigative journalism to trace contrasting countercultural responses to the cybernetic revolution.

Top Cast

Eva Mattes

Narrator (voice)

Tom Vogt

Ted Kaczynski (voice)

Ted Kaczynski

Self (archive footage)

Lutz Dammbeck

Self

John Brockman

Self