poster movie

Synthetic Pleasures

technology control passion

5.1 average rating
★★★★★
5.1
English / 85 MIN. / 1995

The Genres

The Synopsis

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 ourselves. This film presents the implications of having access to such power as we all scramble to inhabit our latest science fictions.

The Cast

John Perry BarlowJeff BaxterScott BukatmanScott FrazierRobert GurlandMichio KakuJaron LanierTimothy LearyMax MoreOrlanLisa PalacEd RegisHoward RheingoldR.U. SiriusTammy BakerDesmond CrisisJohn CoxDr. Marjorie CramerAstro ErleRobert EttingerMae EttingerTeena EvansAlbert GeiserAmanda LeporeManon ThomasDesi MonsterArmen RaMike RehdishCharlotte RichardsSteve RobertsCarlos SlingerCheryl SpauldingDelmar ThompsonDavid AbbottAntonio L. ArroyoRebecca FormanDonna KirkestueTerry NewmanCarol NewmanJoseph LiadMiles, the BeagleMargarita OchoaMerle RichardsBradley StormIsabel YellinYamel M. Haynes

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