简介：ThisFrenchfilm(withEnglishandGermanaudiotracks)isaboutPaulOtlet,aBelgianUtopianlittleknowninAmerica.OtletinventedaninternationalclassificationschemecalledUniversalDecimalClassificationusedforbooks,photographsandotherdocuments.Heinventedmicrofilm.Heinventedtheubiquitousindexcardcatalogusedinmostlibraries.Butashesaysinthefilm,"Ithinkintermsoftheuniversal"andhisambitionsweremuchlarger.Otletbeganorganizingexistinginternationalorganizationsintoonegrandinter-organization--theUnionofInternationalOrganizations--whichinspiredtheLeagueofNations.HisonefailurewastobuildanultimateWorldCityinEurope,butitwasnotforalackoftrying.(writtenbykk:http://www.kk.org/truefilms/archives/2007/10/the_man_who_wan.php)…