Immersive and exploratory in nature, Werner Herzog's Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World finds the iconic filmmaker set his sights on the information age, delivering a thought-provoking, existential - minded exploration of humanities evolving relationship with technology. Interviewing a host of technological pioneers and experts, scientists, and common people who have been deeply effected in both positive and negative ways by the rapid advancement of technology due primarily to the internet, Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World leaves very little stones unturned, providing a balanced study of the positives and negatives of man's relationship with technology, showing an inquisitive desire to learn while never showing an arrogance to judge. Lo and Behold is fact-based, yet speculative, with Herzog's warm, sophisticated charm showing an exuberant desire for knowledge as he narrates this existential documentary about inter-connectivity. Lo and Behold details the extreme advances in technology that have happened in a relatively short time frame thank to internet, touching on both the utter-lack of regulation but also the big brother capabilities of a system that can identity and track a tremendous volume of people. Very little accountability is intrinsic to the internet as we know it today, but the film never pretends there is an easy solution, also acknowledging the potential for a ruling class to use internet as a tool for identification and control over its populace. The film details how technological advancement can lead to overreliance, particularly in the younger generations who never lived without the internet, touching on the inherent shortfalls and strengths related to having so much information at your fingertips. What makes Lo and Behold work so well as a documentary is the film's inquisitive nature, a film that showcases various perspectives from experts that sometimes contradict one and other, effectively encapsulationg the existential nature of the information age, one in which on one knows the answer in this vary fast evolving in human existence which we find ourselves. Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World is an exploration of the current age we live in, one in which information capabilities are well beyond our wildest dreams from a mere 20-30 years ago, exploring not only the technological changes in the world as we know it, but the moral and cultural changes that have taken place in this age of information.
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