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Lo And Behold: Reveries Of The Connected World: Film Analysis
The film, “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World” is credible because it can be found on a popular movie streaming website (Netflix), which means it must have some credibility if found on Netflix and it received a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Also, the director, Werner Herzog is known for his documentaries and is considered an icon internationally. Most of the film is credible; however, his sources and data for some of the interviews are never mentioned, undermining the film’s credibility.

The primary message of the film is: The internet has impacted us in so many ways (good and bad) in such little time, and can easily be taken away. The film supports the message with chapters of interviews. Beginning with the “birth place” of

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