Film

Synthetic Pleasures

1995 · 1h 25m · Documentary

technology control passion

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

17%

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.

John Perry Barlow

Self

Jeff Baxter

Self

Scott Bukatman

Self

Scott Frazier

Self

Robert Gurland

Self

Michio Kaku

Self

Jaron Lanier

Self

Timothy Leary

Self

Max More

Self

Orlan

Self

Lisa Palac

Self

Ed Regis

Self

Howard Rheingold

Self

R.U. Sirius

Self

Tammy Baker

Self

Desmond Crisis

Self

• Iara LeeDirector
• George GundProducer
• Marcus HahnDirector of Photography
• Kramer MorgenthauDirector of Photography
• Binbun FurusawaDirector of Photography
• Andreas TroegerEditor
• Stacia ThompsonEditor

Release date

September 13, 1995

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Documentary

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