Synthetic Pleasures

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

Cast

John Perry Barlow

as Self

Jeff Baxter

as Self

Scott Bukatman

as Self

Scott Frazier

as Self

Robert Gurland

as Self

Michio Kaku

as Self

Jaron Lanier

as Self

Timothy Leary

as Self

Max More

as Self

Orlan

as Self

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