Release Date

13 Sep, 1995

Runtime

01:25: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

technology control passion

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.

Original Title

Synthetic Pleasures

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Actors

John Perry Barlow

Jeff Baxter

Scott Bukatman

Scott Frazier

Robert Gurland

Michio Kaku

Jaron Lanier

Timothy Leary

Max More

Orlan

Lisa Palac

Ed Regis

Howard Rheingold

R.U. Sirius

Tammy Baker

Desmond Crisis

John Cox

Dr. Marjorie Cramer

Astro Erle

Robert Ettinger

Mae Ettinger

Crew

Iara Lee

George Gund

Andreas Troeger

Stacia Thompson

Marcus Hahn

Kramer Morgenthau

古澤敏文

Jennifer Weiner

Jennifer Weiner

Kiyo Jod

Andrew Hall

Brian David Cange

Antek Walczak

Virginia Huntley