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Better Living Through Circuitry

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A documentary that sheds light on the modern rave dance culture. The focus is on the individuals who inhabit the scene, which captures the philosophies and attitudes that have helped to legitimize this subculture. Music plays as big a role in the rave world as drugs or style.

Critics Reviews

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David Ansen Newsweek 03/06/2018
Fascinating but repetitious, Better Living Through Circuitry does a good job describing the scene. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
3/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/03/2005
2/5
Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 01/07/2005
3/4
All the individual pieces assemble into a piercing look at the music and the rave. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/08/2002
3/5
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 08/07/2002
3/5
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11/10/2010 An in depth look at the rave culture and electronic music during the early days of the scene. Fun, entertaining, and educational! See more 05/14/2010 I'm about 10 years late as the film is from 1999, but I got a recommendation for this documentary and it certainly was a lot of fun to watch. Sure there was no new content for me, as an oldschool raver but it was fantastic to watch all those videoclips and interviews from the 90's. The film was mainly concentrated on the US techno culture rather than the other documentaries that I've watched like "Summer of '89", "They Call It Acid" or such so it was a bit different documentary. Anyhow, I recommend this to everybody who eithe were part of the techno culture in the late 80's and early 90's or who are interested in the way our life was back in the day. Quality stuff. See more 12/29/2009 Amazing documentary! See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jon Reiss

Director

BT

Self

Jason Bentley

Jason Bentley

Phillip Blaine

Self

Frankie Bones

DJ Frankie Bones

Lord T. Byron

Lords of Acid

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Better Living Through Circuitry

Producers Brian McNelis and Stuart Swezey with director Jon Reiss on the set. A dancer grooves to the beat in a scene. Better Living Through Circuitry (2000) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A documentary that sheds light on the modern rave dance culture. The focus is on the individuals who inhabit the scene, which captures the philosophies and attitudes that have helped to legitimize this subculture. Music plays as big a role in the rave world as drugs or style.
Director
Jon Reiss
Producer
Brian McNelis, Stuart Swezey
Distributor
Seventh Art Releasing
Production Co
Cleopatra Pictures
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 14, 1999, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 12, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$83.1K
Runtime
1h 25m