William Gibson: No Maps for These Territories (2000)

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Director: Mark Neale
Starring: William Gibson, Bono
When I first read Neuromancer as a young adult I knew that this was something new and exciting. The internet was just around the corner and we got to see a glimpse of it and feel the danger and excitement that it could bring us. Of course the internet didn't turn out exactly like in the book, but aside from physically jacking in, he pretty much got it right.

Independent filmmaker Mark Neale interviews science fiction author William Gibson on his way home to Vancouver. Gibson talks about his early life and we get insight into his writing influences such as William S Burroughs. It incorporates short fast scenes of the cities that they pass and has readings from his books by Bono and the Edge.

I was a little surprised to see Bono in this, would never have picked him a fan. The alternative style how the documentary is presented is a clever tribute to the sprawl, but it's the in depth conversation that is the winner here. Gibson speaks from the heart and a little piece of cyberspace is revealed with every mile traveled... ROBDIDO