The Wire: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] [2008] [Region Free]

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World on a Wire Limited Edition is now out of print. Rainer Werner Fassbinder's acclaimed science fiction classic has been hugely influential, with themes that would later be explored in films such as The Matrix. Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Season 1 episodes comprise: 'The Target', 'The Detail', 'The Buys', 'Old Cases', 'The Pager', 'The Wire', 'One Arrest', 'Lessons', 'Game Day', 'The Cost', 'The Hunt', 'Cleaning Up' and 'Sentencing'. Certificate: 15 Catalogue number: 2NDBR4094 Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance where easy distinctions between good and evil and crime and punishment are challenged at every turn.   Simulacron 1 is a highly advanced project, designed to elevate conventional computer technology to a new level by creating a virtual reality inhabited by computer-generated people or 'identity units'. All five seasons of the highly-acclaimed crime drama which follows drug and murder investigations in Baltimore.

• No Strings Attached - an interview with assistant director Renate Leiffer
• Rigid slipcase packaging
• The Simulation Argument – an interview with Professor Nick Bostrom
• Observing Fassbinder – a tribute to photographer Peter Gauhe
• Looking Ahead to Today documentary
• Original Broadcast Recap
• On-set featurette
• 50 page perfect-bound booklet featuring new essays by Anton Bitel and Daniel Bird and archival writing by Daniel Oberhaus and Christian Braad Thomsen