Review of World on a Wire

The past is a different country. It's not fair to look at World on a Wire through modern eyes; we are all acquainted with the internet and the facile nature of modern life. (Still I defy anyone to tell me what purpose the Kardashians serve) In its day it must have been prescient and and imaginative but now looks quaint and nostalgic next to The Matrix and Inception. I think modern audiences are far more sophisticated in such matters than 50 years ago and as such WOAW suffers by comparison. By which I mean, it may be hugely influential but is now trite. Still there are references to German post war tension as well as an endless fascination with early 20th century female glamour, particularly Dietrich, and foreshadowing corporate economic modelling but at 4 hours it is style over substance.