I was wondering if anyone else had seen a film called "Welt am Draht", or "World on a Wire" in English. It's a 1973 West German 2 part miniseries by Rainer Wener Fassbinder. It was recently recovered and remastered, and is now going to theatrical release. It's about Dr. Fred Stiller, who replaces his mentor as Technical Director of the Simalucron project after what appears to be a tragic accident. Simalucron is a high fidelity simulation of almost 10,000 "Identity Units", or what EP players would call Egos. But as Stiller tries to find out what his late mentor was working on before he died strange things start happening. For instance his friend Lause completely disappears while he's talking to Stiller, not just from the room but from everyone else's memories. I'll leave the rest to you to see, full spoilers are on wikipedia if you want them. It's an excellent counterpoint to films like The Matrix, instead of an action move it's a very cerebral thriller. If anyone else has seen it I'd love to have a spoilered discussion of it.