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The Net at The Revival House PerthAngela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) is a reclusive computer programmer who rarely leaves her Los Angeles home, conducting her entire professional and social life online. When a colleague sends her a mysterious disk containing evidence of a massive cyber-conspiracy, Angela finds herself targeted by a shadowy organization that can erase identities with a few keystrokes. While on vacation in Mexico, she meets the charming Jack Devlin (Jeremy Northam), who attempts to K*ll her and steal the disk. Angela survives, but returns home to discover her life has been systematically deleted—her records replaced with those of a criminal, her home sold, her very existence erased. With no one believing her true identity and the conspirators closing in, Angela must use her programming skills to expose the truth about a security software company that's secretly creating backdoors into critical systems. As she becomes a fugitive hunted by both the criminals and the authorities, Angela races to reclaim her identity before she's erased permanently.
Director Irwin Winkler's 1995 thriller arrived at the dawn of the internet age, tapping into emerging anxieties about digital privacy, identity theft, and our increasing dependence on computer systems. While some of its technology has dated, the film's core concerns about data security and surveillance feel eerily prescient decades later. Sandra Bullock carries the film with an accessible performance that grounds the techno-thriller elements in genuine vulnerability and determination. The film effectively builds paranoia as Angela's analog life—photos, friends, physical evidence—is systematically eliminated, leaving her with nothing but her word against an all-powerful digital adversary. Mark Isham's electronic score and cinematographer Jack N. Green's work create a sleek, slightly cold aesthetic that mirrors the digital world's impersonal threat. Though released in the dial-up era, The Net's warnings about cyber vulnerability remain disturbingly relevant.
Original format and audio experience of this film faithfully reproduced by The Revival House. Presented in 35mm film unless noted otherwise.
When: Saturday, March 28th at 4:45PM
Where: The Revival House at the Como Theatre
Rating: M (Low level coarse language, Low level violence)
Your life could be erased with a keystroke—Bullock battles early internet paranoia in this prescient '90s cyber-thriller, in 35mm film.
Presented by: The Revival House Perth
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