Like Transcendent Man, this documentary also focuses on the futurist ideas of one man.

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In his latest movie, Transcendent Man, Ray Kurzweil foresees that nanobots will soon inhabit our bodies, help us keep track of our conditions and treat us accordingly and automatically (a phenomenon referred to as Singularity).

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Both the composition and the color of the images are stirringly beautiful, but they feel loaded with symbolism and sentiment: an emaciated man swaying with exhaustion during an interminable roll call appears to be experiencing a kind of transcendent ecstasy, like Joan of Arc on the pyre.

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