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      Better Living Through Circuitry

      Released Aug 14, 1999 1h 25m Documentary List
      82% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 85% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings 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. Read More Read Less

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      David Ansen Newsweek Fascinating but repetitious, Better Living Through Circuitry does a good job describing the scene. Mar 6, 2018 Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times Rated: 3.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Susan Stark Detroit News Rated: 1/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 3, 2005 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com All the individual pieces assemble into a piercing look at the music and the rave. Rated: 3/4 Jan 7, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member An in depth look at the rave culture and electronic music during the early days of the scene. Fun, entertaining, and educational! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Amazing documentary! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      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) Better Living Through Circuitry (2000) Better Living Through Circuitry (2000) Better Living Through Circuitry (2000) View more photos

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      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
      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
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