Synthetic Pleasures (1995)
technology control passion
85 min
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.
- Release date
- September 13, 1995
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- AlexEnglish as Ernie
- Scott Bakatman
- John Perry Barlow
- Robert Ettinger
- Robert Gurland
- Michio Kaku as Self - Theoretical Physicist
- Jaron Lanier
- Timothy Leary
- Max More as Self
- Orlan as Self
Crew
- Iara Lee · Director
- George Gund · Producer
- Cem Oral · Composer
- Dr. Walker · Composer
- Toshifumi Furusawa · Cinematographer
- Marcus Hahn · Cinematographer
- Kramer Morgenthau · Cinematographer
- Stacia Thompson · Editor
- Andreas Troeger · Editor