Welt am Draht 1973

John Hartl, Seattle Times: It starts slowly, then develops an irresistible momentum. Read more

Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader: It's astonishing that such painfully obvious themes can also be so painfully provocative. Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: Both an astonishing display of precocious cinematic virtuosity and an anguished avowal of its psychic toll. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Fassbinder and his longtime cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus, move the camera, alighting as if by accident on resonant and complex compositions, is nothing short of breathtaking. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: If you know Fassbinder, you might want to see this as an exercise of his mind, a demonstration of how one of his stories might be transformed by the detachment of science fiction. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: A mini-masterpiece of the 1970s European design aesthetic and a major addition to the immense and baffling oeuvre of Fassbinder... Read more

Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out: Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: It's remarkable how current it all seems. Read more

Mark Jenkins, Washington Post: Seen now, the movie seems as timely as it is outdated, its themes contemporary even if its clothing and hairdos are anything but. Read more