Long before there was “The Matrix,” there was Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s mind-blowing “World on a Wire,” a two-part miniseries about a man who assumes control of a massive alternate reality simulation after his predecessor dies in a mysterious accident. What our hero discovers — after wending his way through a series of endlessly incredible zoom shots and futurist chic set designs — is one of the most satisfying twists in all of science fiction, echoes from which can be felt in movies as recent as “Blade Runner 2049.” The Criterion Collection Blu-ray is well worth your time.
World on a Wire
