We may need that knowledge a lot sooner than some of us think. The film emphasizes nanotechnology's capability to offset human disease. It features Ed Regis, author of Nano, a non-technical discussion of nanotechnology. Synthetic Pleasures tries to get beyond high-tech theory and engage technology where it is lived. Computers facilitate tasks, but somehow make us work even harder.
Technology frees and enslaves at the same time.
It is a wonderful contradiction. Lee's extensive use of mind-bending footage, good pacing, and lively editing succeeds in drawing the viewer deeper in this futurist time warp and in bringing home the point that most of the elements the film discusses are happening to some extent today. The film offers broader perspectives on our relationship with technology, where this relationship is taking us and what its implications will be for the future. It was scheduled for release in public theaters August 30. Includes molecular modeling, molecular recognition, self-organization, DNA computing.