DIRECTOR LUTZ DAMMBECK about DAS NETZ

Interview With Lutz Dammbeck

“A cabin in the woods in not an escape”

When did you decide to make a film about the Unabomber?

The idea came about during my work on research into the themes of art and technology.  About 10 or 15 years ago, terms like multimedia, virtual, etc. began appearing in a fine arts context. I had been “socialized” at the time of Expanded Cinema and multimedia so these terms were of great interest to me. As I went in search of protagonists for the film, I happened upon the American literary agent John Brockman. He is a great communicator and has connections that reach from the field of neurophysiology and Harvard, to the banking world and the art scene in New York and even had contact to the LSD scene.  I was fascinated by this man and read all the interviews with him that were available on the net. (more…)