The Bit Player (2018)

The Bit Player: Directed by Mark Levinson. With John Hutton, Judith Ivey, Kaliswa Brewster, Andrew Pastides. The Bit Player tells the story of an overlooked genius, Claude Shannon (the “Father of Information Theory”), who revolutionized the world, but never lost his childlike curiosity.

“The problem with this documentary is the acted out interviews of Claude Shannon, his wife and the interviewer… who all unfortunately come across as amateur actors even though they arenu0026#39;t. The pausing for every thought is tedious to watch. The construct detracts from the actual information contained in the documentary and seems to take up at least a third of the overall running time. It made me think that I was watching some sort of mockumentary at first.”