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Synthetic Pleasures (1995)

★ 5.1/10 85 min Documentary United States English
Director: Iara Lee
Script Consultants: John Kelsey, Alan Brech
Streaming: Not available
technology control passion

Description

Conceived as an electronic road movie, this documentary investigates cutting edge technologies and their influence on our culture as we approach the 21st century. It takes off from the idea that mankind's effort to tap the power of Nature has been so successful that a new world is suddenly emerging,an artificial reality. Virtual Reality, digital and biotechnology, plastic surgery and mood-altering drugs promise seemingly unlimited powers to our bodies, and our selves. This film presents the implications of having access to such power as we all scramble to inhabit our latest science fictions.

Top Cast

John Perry Barlow Self
Jeff Baxter Self
Scott Bukatman Self
Scott Frazier Self
Robert Gurland Self
Michio Kaku
Michio Kaku Self
Jaron Lanier
Jaron Lanier Self
Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary Self

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