Reich: Three Tales

May 12, 2002

1h 6m

★ 8.0

Overview

"Three Tales" is a video music work by American composer Steve Reich and video artist Beryl Korot. It is set in three "Acts", each depicting a technological advance of the 20th century and its negative implications on humanity: the dirigible airship Hindenburg and its explosion; the Atom Bomb and its testing on Bikini Atoll; and Dolly the sheep, first successful genetic cloning of a mammal.

Genres

Music

Documentary

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Cast

Self

Richard Dawkins

Self

Kevin Warwick

Self

Freya von Moltke

Self

Steven Pinker

Self

Robert Pollack

Self

Ruth Deech

Self

Adin Steinsaltz

Self

James Watson

Self

Joshua Getzler

Gina Kolata

Ray Kurzweil

Self

Stephen Jay Gould

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