Modern Technology Watches

Episode 302 - Sneakers (1992)


Listen Later

Rob continues Gila's hacker-movie education with the 1992 film "Sneakers," a techno-classic in which an all-star cast engages in text-mode and heist-mode battles over a magic box of HAX.

Will this be more fun for Gila than her previous forays into cyberpunk standards, or will it prove as incomprehensible as a pile of random Scrabble tiles?

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakers_%281992_film%29
Stephen Tobolowsky's memories of the shoot: https://slate.com/culture/2012/09/robert-redford-sidney-poitier-ben-kingsley-dan-aykroyd-what-it-was-like-shooting-the-movie-sneakers.html

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!
Contact us via email or voice:
https://modern.technology/contact/

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you!
Contact us via email, social media, or voice:
https://modern.technology/contact/

Subscribe to our email newsletter!
https://modern.technology/emails/

Made by humans for humans. No AI slop here!
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Modern Technology WatchesBy Modern.Technology (Joyful Firefly, LLC)

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

2 ratings


More shows like Modern Technology Watches

View all
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing by The Times of Israel

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

1,097 Listeners

Ask Haviv Anything by Haviv Rettig Gur

Ask Haviv Anything

936 Listeners