What if a room full of telex machines tried to run a country? Spoiler: America said 'absolutely not.'
A documentary on the rise and fall of Project Cybersyn, an attempt at a computer-managed centralized economy undertaken in Chile during the presidency of Salvador Allende.
Production
Gorgeous archival footage of the Ops Room — sci-fi set design from 1971.
Editing
Tight 64 minutes that punches way above its runtime.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Ops Room's iconic swivel chairs were designer rejects from a Santiago office building — the filmmakers couldn't afford custom furniture.
Project Cybersyn has become a weird touchstone for modern 'left tech' movements — you'll find its aesthetic referenced in socialist meme pages and certain corners of Twitter.
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