It's a masterpiece. World on a Wire (originally Welt am Draht ), directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, was decades ahead of its time.

Released in 1973 as a two-part miniseries for German television, it explores themes of simulated reality and corporate conspiracy long before The Matrix or Inception made them mainstream. Based on Daniel F. Galouye's novel Simulacron-3 , the film is celebrated for:

If you enjoyed the technical and philosophical layers of that "piece," you're watching a foundational pillar of science fiction cinema.