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Reich: Three Tales

Reich: Three Tales

2002 · 66 min · ★ 8.5 · Music, Documentary

"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.

Directed by Beryl Korot · Written by Steve Reich

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