Synthetic Pleasures
“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.
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Cast
50 people
John Perry Barlow
Self
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Jeff Baxter
Self
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Iara Lee
George Gund
AlexEnglish
Ernie
Scott Bukatman
Self
Scott Bakatman
Scott Frazier
Self
Robert Gurland
Self
Michio Kaku
Self
Known for
The Universe
Jaron Lanier
Self
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Timothy Leary
Self
Known for
Shocker
Iara Lee Director · Kramer Morgenthau Cinematographer Binbun Furusawa Cinematographer
United States release January 1, 1996 · Produced in United States
Production
Caipirinha Productions Inc.
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 13, 1995
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1996
Sundance Film Festival
Argentina
November 18, 1997 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Germany
April 10, 1997
Greece
November 1, 1996 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Singapore
April 5, 1997 · Singapore International Film Festival
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